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Erwin Rommel: A Life from Beginning to End

World War II Biography, Book 3

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He was known as the "Desert Fox", and outfox his enemies he often did, leaving whole armies confounded and demoralized in his wake, and yet, the one adversary that Erwin Rommel could not outfox was his own government. On that rather unlucky day of October 14, 1944, when the SS came knocking on Rommel’s door, even his legendary heroism couldn’t save him from the monstrous regime for which he had once fought so hard.

Inside you will hear about....

  • Building the Next War
  • Rommel’s Return to War
  • The Desert Fox
  • Against All Odds
  • Near Death Experience
  • Mislaid Plans
  • Rommel Takes the Fall

And much more!

After being implicated in a last minute plot to kill Hitler in the final phases of World War Two, Rommel was given a choice. He could either face charges of treason or commit suicide. He was then duly assured that in the advent of his suicide, all charges would be dropped, covered up, never mentioned again. He was then promised a hero’s burial with full military honors and even a pension for his wife. Rommel was then literally driven to his suicide when members of the SS transported him to a secluded area, where he swallowed a cyanide capsule - a gruesome and twisted end to a man that was supposed to be his nation’s greatest hero.

What caused a nation to canonize and cannibalize one of its best champions simultaneously? What were the events that led up to the strange paradox that was Erwin Rommel’s life?

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Great indepth look at the life of Erwin Rommel. Best thing it was a short audio book and not one that was necessary overbearing.

Desert Fox.

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