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Rommel: The Italian Perspective

So what did the Italians think about Erwin Rommel also known as the "Desert Fox" (Wüstenfuchs)? For this Bastian Matteo Scianna looked into various sources including British wire-tapping and interrogation reports, additionally also memoirs. After all the Italians fought with the Afrika Korps, yet, there is rarely any mention about the Italian perspective. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » redbubble - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOURCES « Scianna, Bastian Matteo: Rommel Almighty? Italian Assessments of the “Desert Fox” during and after the Second World War. The Journal of Military History 82 (January 2018): p. 125-146. Lieb, Peter: Krieg in Nordafrika 1940-1943. Reclam: Ditzingen, Germany, 2018. Groß, Gerhard P.: Mythos und Wirklichkeit. Die Geschichte des operativen Denkens im deutschen Heer von Moltke d. Ä. bis Heusinger (Zeitalter der Weltkriege, Band 9). Ferdinand Schönigh: Paderborn, 2012. (ENGLISH VERSION BELOW) Groß, Gerhard P.; Zabecki, David T. (Ed.): The Myth and Reality of German Warfare: Operational Thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger (Foreign Military Studies), University Press of Kentucky, 2018. Reuth, Ralf Georg: Erwin Rommel Ueberschär (Hrsg.) Gerd R.: Hitlers militärische Elite – 68 Lebensläufe (3. Auflage), S. 351-358 Fraser, David: Rommel – Die Biographie English Version – Fraser, David: Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Sigg, Marco: Der Unterführer als Feldherr im Taschenformat. Theorie und Praxis der Auftragstaktik im deutschen Heer 1869 bis 1945. Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, 2014. Pöhlmann, Markus: Der Panzer und die Mechani

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  • Originally Aired February 27, 2019
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