The Desert Fox in Normandy

As 1943 came to a close, Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was givenhis most challenging and important assignment to date to repel the impending Allied invasion. The German high command anticipated that 1944 would be the year for the long-awaited amphibious cross-channel invasion.

Discusses the role of the legendary Desert Fox in establishing resistance to the Allied invasion of Europe and examines Rommel's part in the scheme to assassinate Hitler

The first book length treatment to detail the colorful cast of characters who supported Rommel's campaigns, this study looks at who these men were, where they came from, and their contributions to Rommel's efforts.

This is the strange and fascinating life of Erwin Rommel, from his days as a youth in Imperial Germany—when he had a child out of wedlock with an early girlfriend—through his lauded military exploits during World War I to his death by suicide during World War II, after he attempted

Mitcham chronicles the crushing German defeats that ensued during the final months of the war.