How Did Rommel Fight In Combat

On November 15, 1891, Erwin Rommel was born. In 1920, he joined the German infantry. He chose to stay in the infantry after the war had ended and when World War II came along he eventually became the commander of his own armored division. Little did Rommel know that his involvement in the German military would be the death of him; at least, not in the way he would have expected. This essay will talk about who Erwin Rommel was, where he was from, what he was and what he did. Erwin Rommel was born in Heidenheim, Germany, in 1891 to Erwin Johannes Rommel, Sr. (Nov. 2, 1854 - Dec. 5, 1913), a teacher, and Helene Von Luz (Jun. 29, 1862 - Nov. 3, 1940), whose profession is unknown. In 1910, as the start of his military career, at the age of

However, he wanted to be put out in combat so he asked Hitler if he could have his own armored division. Hitler appointed him a general and gave him command of his own armored division for the attack on France in 1940. Rommel would not take the time to strategize and plan out his attack, nor would he listen to the commands of anyone who held a higher rank than

The people of upper rank believed that his plan of attack would not succeed, and they were right. In 1942, he pressed into Egypt; however, his advancements were stalled by their lack of supplies and fierce British resistance. Since most of the German Luftwaffe was in Russia, because the Afrika Corp was not that important, logistically, to the Germans, this left Rommel open to attack. In the months of October and November, his forces were overwhelmed by British troops at Alamein. With this counterattack against Rommel, the British forces pushed Rommel back across North