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Rommel. Eine Biographie.

October 15, 2014
One of my father's WWII books. Rommel was the only German officer he admired and respected. Reading this book was an eye opener for me. I wish my dad were still alive to ask if this book changed his opinion of Rommel.

This book was a very detailed and meticulously-researched account of Rommel's entire career. Considering the detail, Irving did a remarkable job of bringing both Rommel and the war to life.

Was Rommel a genius on the battlefield? By the end of the book I wasn't quite sure what to think. Parts of his character as a man and an officer I admired. Parts I did not. I began wondering if much of Rommel's early success was simply due to the German spy inside British intelligence, Rommel's impulsive and risky maneuvers that confused Allied officers, his innate arrogance, and sheer luck. Rommel made bold and intuitive moves in the early days of his career, often ignoring orders from superiors. That he succeeded, that he was not killed in battle, left one marveling at Rommel's charmed life, riding in front of the troops into the heat
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Lucia (Mollin) Rommel (1894 - 1971)

Lucia(Lucie)Rommel formerly Mollin

Born in Danzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutsches Reich[uncertain]

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Manfred Rommel

Died at age 77in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Lucie (Mollin) Rommel has German Roots.

Biography

Lucia Maria was born on 6 May 1894. She was the daughter of Bernhard Mollin.

She married Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel on 27 Nov 1916 in Danzig.[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPFW-KMPH : 24 October 2021), Luise Marie Wollin in entry for Eugen Johannes Erwein Rommel, 27 Nov 1916; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Danzig, Danzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Gdansk, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Ger
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    Erwin Rommel

    German field marshal (1891–1944)

    "Rommel" redirects here. For other uses, see Rommel (disambiguation).

    "General Rommel" redirects here. For the Polish general, see Juliusz Rómmel.

    Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (pronounced[ˈɛʁviːnˈʁɔməl]ⓘ; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as The Desert Fox (German: Wüstenfuchs, pronounced[ˈvyːstn̩ˌfʊks]ⓘ), was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II. He served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany.

    Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his actions on the Italian Front. In 1937, he published his classic book on military tactics, Infantry Attacks, drawing on his experiences in that war. In World War II, he commanded the 7th Panzer Division during the 1940 invasion of France. His leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign established his reputation as one of the ablest tan

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