Rommel

erwin rommel

Erwin Rommel (German: Erwin Rommel, November 15, 1891 - October 14, 1944) was the field marshal, strategist, tactician and theorist of Nazi Germany.

He joined the army in July 1910 and went to France with the army during the first World War. Later, he fought with Romanians and Italians in the eastern front and was awarded the order of LaMarcus by the German Emperor. After World War I, he served as infantry battalion commander and army academy instructor. In 1938, major general Rommel was appointed commander of the headquarters of the head of state. In February 1940, he was the commander of the 7th German armored division, which won the title of "devil's division". In January 1941, Hitler selected lieutenant general Rommel as the commander of the African Legion. In less than two months after his arrival in North Africa, he quickly reversed the initial situation of the war in North Africa and was promoted to general.

He was promoted to German field marshal in June 1942. During World War II, Rommel was involved in the plot to overthrow Hitler. Under the pressure of Hitler, Rommel was forced to commit suicide by taking poison in a truck on October 14, 1944, when he was 53 years old.

Rommel, nicknamed "Fox of the desert" and "Eagle of the Empire", together with Manstein and goodrian, was called the three famous generals of Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Among the brilliant generals of the Second World War, Rommel was the only one who was able to achieve fame in his lifetime and honor after his death, especially recognized by both hostile sides. His excellent military quality and excellent tactical command ability are respected by many military enthusiasts, and even respected and worshiped by famous military strategists; those who oppose him are called "tactical giant and strategic dwarf" according to his strategic mistakes; however, in view of Rommel's past experience, he has been a great leader in military affairs As one of the most effective generals under Hitler's command, Jing was also an aggressive tool of the Nazi regime, so he was also known as "arsonist of World War II".

Life of the characters

On November 15, 1891, Rommel was born into an intellectual family in Heidenheim on the banks of the brenz River in Swabia, Wurttemberg, southern Germany. My grandfather and father were teachers and later became principals of middle schools. The mother was the daughter of the former chief executive of Wurttemberg. Rommel has a brother, Manfred, his sister Helene and his younger brothers Gerhard and Karl. Manfred died when he was young.

Young Rommel's wish is to become an engineer. In 1908, Rommel entered the Royal modern high school of gemonden for two years. On July 19, 1910, in accordance with his father's wishes, he joined the Royal Army of the kingdom of Wurttemberg and became an officer's alternate student in the 124th infantry regiment. In March 1911, he was sent to danze Royal military cadet school for eight months. Here, he met his future wife, Lucy. In January 1912, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant in the army and began to be responsible for the training of recruits in the 124th infantry regiment for two years.

On March 1, 1914, he was sent to serve in an artillery company of the 49th field artillery regiment of Ulm. On August 5, he took a train to the German French border to participate in the first World War. In September, he was promoted to captain for fighting alone with three French soldiers with an empty rifle and won a second grade iron cross. He was hospitalized for a left leg injury. In January 1915, he left the hospital and returned to the battlefield. Two weeks later, he won a first-class iron cross. In October, he was sent to mount wurdenburg as company commander.

Rommel married Lucy in 1916. In the summer of that year, he was transferred from the Western battlefield to Romania. In 1917, he was a company captain. In January, in Romania, because of bravery, he was authorized to command an advance team in charge. On August 10, he injured his left arm on the Russian German battlefield in Romania. On September 26, he was transferred to northern Italy. In November, after fighting on Mount Cook and mount Mont, the town of longgnon was captured. At the end of the year, he was awarded a meritorious medal representing the highest honor of German soldiers by German Emperor William II.

In the first World War, Rommel fought in France, Romania and Italy. He is strong willed, brave, hardworking and resourceful. In his first battle, he led three soldiers to defeat about 20 French soldiers. In a battle in the Carpathian Mountains, Rommel led his troops along a rarely known mountain road, moving continuously for 50 hours, capturing more than 5000 enemies and 30 guns. Rommel was wounded twice and awarded the military medal four times.

In January 1918, he was sent to the headquarters of the 64th army as a staff officer. In November, Germany was defeated and surrendered, and the first World War ended. On December 21, he left the position of staff officer and returned to the infantry regiment to serve as company commander again.

Since 1919, he has served successively as commander of infantry company, tactical teacher of Dresden Infantry School, battalion commander of hunting cavalry battalion in Goslar City, teacher of Potsdam military school, President of Vienna New Town military school, etc.

In March 1919, Rommel went to Lake Constance to direct an internal security company. In the spring of 1920, he took part in the suppression of the workers' uprising in Montserrat and Westphalia. On October 1, he was transferred to the 13th infantry regiment in Stuttgart as company commander. He stayed there for nine years. In 1928, my son Manfred was born. On October 1, 1929, he was sent to Dresden infantry academy as an instructor. He was promoted to major in 1930.

In October 1933, he was promoted to commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 17th infantry regiment stationed in gosla in the HAZ mountains of central Germany. In 1934, he met Hitler for the first time in his life in gosla. In 1935, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the army and was transferred to the famous Potsdam military academy as an instructor. In September 1936, he became commander of Hitler's security forces. At the beginning of 1937, Hitler attached great importance to the publication of infantry attack. In February, he was promoted to the rank of colonel of the army and served as the special liaison officer of the combat Department of Hitler's Youth League.

After the merger of Germany and Austria in 1938, Hitler sent him to the new Vienna military academy as president. In March 1939, he served as the commander of the "headquarters of the head of state". In August, he was promoted to major general of the army and was responsible for the command of the wartime headquarters of the German head of state established for the invasion of Poland. On August 25, he led the guard battalion of the wartime headquarters of the head of state to the front line. From September 3 to 26, he was responsible for the security work of Hitler's inspection on the Polish front line. From October 2 to 5, he went to Poland for the victory parade. In February 1940, he was the commander of the 7th armored division. From May to July, the seventh armored division played a vanguard role in the French campaign and was known as the "devil's division". From then on, Rommel entered his military golden age.

On January 1, 1941, he was promoted to lieutenant general of the army. In February, he was appointed commander of the German African Army and went to Libya to help Italy fight back against British forces. On the 16th, he formally took over the command of the front line, and the German army captured enrofilia. Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of British troops' defense and belittling the enemy, they took bold action to form a mixed column of a small number of German and Italian troops, and launched an attack from SERTI to murzuh, advancing 450 miles forward, giving the British an unexpected blow. Nine days later, he commanded the troops to capture the fortress, water source and airport in the aaghera area, and occupied masablarga. On March 31, it captured the port of Brega. On April 2, he captured ajdabiya. On April 9, mequilli was captured and the whole Barcel plateau fell into the hands of the axis forces, leaving only one British army besieged in Tobruk. Rommel's attack caused great losses to the British army. General Richard Nugent O'Connor, who had commanded the British army to defeat the Italian army, was also captured by the German army. So far, the war situation in Africa has been basically reversed. On April 11, the first attack on Tobruk was defeated. On May 15, the British Army's "short action" plan was defeated. On June 15, operation Tomahawk severely damaged the British army. In June, he was appointed commander of German "African armored group army" and promoted to armored general. On December 4, the enemy retreated to the west of Tobruk after losing the British attack. On December 16, he took the initiative to withdraw from the Cyrenaica Peninsula and to Brega on January 2, 1942.

In January 1942, Rommel was awarded the oak leaf double sword medal and was promoted to commander of the African armored group army. On January 21, he launched a counterattack against the British army in ajdabiya and won a complete victory. On January 28, despite Mussolini's order, he fought back and recovered Benghazi. On January 29, he was promoted to General of the army. On May 26, an attack was launched against the qazala line west of Tobruk. June 20, take Tobruk. On June 22, he was promoted to field marshal by Hitler. On June 23, it invaded Egypt. On June 24, sidibalani was captured. June 29th, take matlu. On July 1, the attack on allaman was unsuccessful. On August 19, he was seriously ill. On August 30, the second attack on allaman was defeated again. On September 23, he returned to China for medical treatment. October 25, commander of the armored group army. On November 2, he lost to Montgomery and was defeated in the battle of allaman. On November 3, they were forced to withdraw. On November 6, he rushed through Montgomery and made four outflanks to matalu. On November 8, it withdrew from Egypt. United States and British forces in Moro

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