[74], Der Tagesbefehl Hitlers ehrte Rommel mit den Worten: „Sein Name ist im gegenwärtigen Schicksalskampf des deutschen Volkes der Begriff für hervorragende Tapferkeit und unerschrockenes Draufgängertum.“[75], Auch Gerd von Rundstedt (s. Juni 1942 eroberte Rommels Armee schließlich die Stadt. [239], Some elements of the 7th Armoured Division were stopped on 19 January by the Italian Ariete Armoured Division at Bir el Gobi, but they also managed to capture the airfields at Sidi Rezegh, 10 miles (16 km) from Tobruk.
[487] Others point out that through his career, he frequently fought while out-numbered and out-gunned, sometimes overwhelmingly so, while having to deal with internal opponents in Germany who hoped that he would fail. [222] General Friedrich Paulus, head of the Operations Branch of OKH, arrived on 25 April to review the situation. Unable to reach Rommel for several days,[N 3] Rommel's Chief of Staff, Siegfried Westphal, ordered the 21st Panzer Division withdrawn to support the siege of Tobruk.
[68][69], Laut dem Militärhistoriker Gerd R. Ueberschär wird „ein steter, schon ab 1941, spätestens jedoch ab Ende November 1942 in Verbindung mit der verlangten Räumung Nordafrikas zu beobachtender Wandel“ Rommels vom Anhänger zum Gegner Hitlers „in der Forschung weitgehend akzeptiert“, wie auch die jüngsten Biographien von Sir David Fraser und Maurice P. Remy zeigten. [669][670], According to Der Spiegel following the war's end, West Germany yearned for father figures who were needed to replace the former ones who had been unmasked as criminals. He treated prisoners of war with consideration. The fact that his state funeral was held in Ulm instead of Berlin had, according to his son, been stipulated by Rommel. Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, genannt Wüstenfuchs (* 15. [23][24] His stance towards Nazi ideology and his level of knowledge of the Holocaust remain matters of debate among scholars. This violence and persecution only came to an end with the arrival of General Montgomery in Tripoli on 23 January 1943. September 1944, ein Tagebucheintrag Joseph Goebbels’ vom 24.
[87] Rommel's son Manfred Rommel stated in documentary The Real Rommel, published in 2001 by Channel 4 that his father would "look the other way" when faced with anti-Jewish violence on the streets. [823], While at Cadet School in 1911, Rommel met and became engaged to 17-year-old Lucia (Lucie) Maria Mollin (1894–1971). Im September landeten alliierte Truppen auf dem italienischen Festland. [50] Der Historiker Sönke Neitzel sieht in den Äußerungen Eberbachs keinen Beweis, aber ein Indiz für die von Maurice Philip Remy vertretene These, Rommel sei durch Cäsar von Hofacker über das geplante Attentat auf Hitler informiert worden. On 5 June Rommel left France and on 6 June he was at home celebrating his wife's birthday. [309] The German defences to the west of the town included a minefield 5 miles (8 km) deep with the main defensive line – itself several thousand yards deep – to its west. This effect (he had on the troops) would become the fundamental element of Mythos Rommel.". Benghazi fell that night as the British pulled out of the city. On one occasion, he was forced to order the shooting of a French lieutenant-colonel for refusing to obey his captors. Panzerarmee unter Hans-Jürgen von Arnim vorsichtig und zögerlich agierte, hatte Rommels südliche Armee die Hauptlast des Angriffes zu leisten. M.Montanari, Le Operazioni in Africa Settentrionale, Vol.IV, chapter III, 1985–1993, pp. The Axis forces retook Benghazi on 29 January and Timimi on 3 February, with the Allies pulling back to a defensive line just before the Tobruk area south of the coastal town of Gazala. [64] Daneben verwies Peter Lieb 2013 auf Generalleutnant Alfred Gause, der handschriftlich in seinem Exemplar von Desmond Youngs Biographie „Rommel: Der Wüstenfuchs“ (1950) festgehalten hatte, dass es nicht stimme, dass Rommel nicht von Walküre gewusst habe. [792], There is also, especially in Germany, an increasing tendency to portray Rommel as someone who cannot be explained in concrete details yet. [46] In November 1916 in Danzig, Rommel and Lucia married. "[672] The Field Marshal was pleased by the media attention, although he knew the downsides of having a reputation. Diese Haltung solle man aber nicht mit einer nationalsozialistischen Überzeugung gleichsetzen, zumal Rommel sich mit der NS-Ideologie wenig beschäftigt zu haben scheine. Am 21. Vor der Verleihung hatte sich Rommel beschwert, da der Erfolg am Matajur zunächst einem Offizier einer anderen Einheit angerechnet worden war. [317] At midnight, he informed the OKW of his decision, and received a reply directly from Hitler the following afternoon: he ordered Rommel and his troops to hold their position to the last man. He had left France on 5 June and was at home on the 6th celebrating his wife's birthday. He became a symbol that was used to reinforce the German public's faith in an ultimate Axis victory. An sich war das deutsche Afrikakorps dem italienischen Oberbefehlshaber vor Ort unterstellt, doch die deutsche Führung hatte sichergestellt, dass das Korps nur als kompletter Verband eingesetzt werden durfte, was Rommel taktische und operative Freiheiten gab, die er extensiv nutzte. November an, mit allen Mitteln eine Niederlage abzuwenden. Daraufhin wurde am 8. However, in view of the Axis' deteriorating situation in Africa it returned to Germany in September. The attack was defeated in a four-day battle at Sollum and Halfaya Pass, resulting in the loss of 98 British tanks.
Meanwhile, Italian infantry cleared a path through the mines to provide supplies. [578] Italian internees were sent to Germany for forced labour, but Rommel was unaware of this. [277] Rommel knew that delay would only benefit the British, who continued to receive supplies at a faster rate than Rommel could hope to achieve. Rommel immediately turned back against the British forces, occupying the Mareth Line (old French defences on the Libyan border). [26][63] This was followed by his defence of Schwäbisch Gmünd, again bloodless. Am 18. [565][566][567][568][569][570][571][572][573][574]
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