![]() ![]() Either they indeed were or the generals knew when some flattery and soft-soap might pay off and they told the British writer what he wanted to hear. He also interviewed a number of surviving German generals after the war and was keen to make a case for them being great admirers of his work prior to World War Two. The book was edited, and footnoted, by the once highly regarded British military writer Basil Liddell-Hart. The latter two are not entirely satisfying but their inclusion gives the book some narrative continuity. ![]() The rest of the book is a mish-mash of letters home, memorandums and the recollections of one of his chief sidekicks, G Fitz Bayerlein and Rommel’s son Manfred. Rommel intended to write a book about his experiences in the Second World War and these chapters are very polished drafts. These give an excellent insight into how one of the top German practitioners of armoured warfare operated and why he did what he did the way he did it. By far the best bits of the book are Rommel's recollections of the French campaign of 1940 and the war in the Western Desert 1941-1942. The book charts Rommel's growing disillusion with his leader and his eventual forced suicide on Hitler's orders. I say "Nazi" rather than "German" because Rommel was once the commander of Hitler's bodyguard. This is a smorgasbord of legendary Nazi general Erwin Rommel's own thoughts and those of some who knew him. ![]()
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