Triumphant Fox Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Korps

by Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780811735605
• ISBN10: 0811735605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-04
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

*Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa*Recounts the early battles of Germany's notorious Afrika Korps: Gen. Erwin Rommel arrived in Africa's Western Desert in February 1941 to head the elite German Afrika Korps in its efforts to bolster its battered Italian allies. Disobeying orders to remain on the defensive, Rommel attacked, nearly pushed the numerically superior British out of Libya, and besieged the critical port of Tobruk. Unable to capture it, Rommel's forces defeated two British attempts to relieve the garrison before being forced to withdrawal at the end of 1941. Seasoned by months of desert warfare, Rommel stood ready to achieve his greatest successes in 1942, a story told in Rommel's Desert War (978-0-8117-3413-4).

Author Biography

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., has written other books about the Desert Fox, including Rommel's Lieutenants, Rommel's Desert Commanders, and Rommel's Desert War, the sequel to Triumphant Fox.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
The Rout of the Romans	p. 1
Erwin Rommel and the Making of a General	p. 11
The French Campaign	p. 29
The Birth of a Legend	p. 49
Tobruk	p. 73
Battleaxe	p. 85
The Lull	p. 117
Sidi Rezegh	p. 131
The Day of the Dead	p. 151
The Dash to the Wire	p. 161
The Retreat to Cyrenaica and the Death of the Frontier Garrisons	p. 175
Epilogue	p. 187
Table of Comparative Ranks	p. 189
German Staff Positions	p. 190
Notes	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 220
Index	p. 223
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