jjares reviewed on 2/8/2021 + 3280 more book reviews

Erwin Rommel comes across as a practical and pragmatic soldier who was also a man dedicated to his work and his country. I would have liked to have heard a bit more about how he grew up and the forces that maneuvered him into a soldier's role, rather than as an engineer (which he seemed to have competency for as outlined in his defense work along France's Atlantic Wall). Rommel was a force to be reckoned with and I wonder how he got that way. Was he born knowing he knew better than others or was it a factor of his training and experience? Rommel is certainly a fascinating figure.

The fact that Rommel wanted to put Hitler on trial, not just kill him, shows that he understood the guilt that the German people would be saddled with for Hitler's crimes after the war. I'm glad to have read this book; he's one of the most interesting of the soldiers on the Axis side of WWII.

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