During the Battle of Arras in May 1940, British Matilda tanks slammed into Erwin Rommel’s exposed flank and threatened to ...

Erwin Johannes Rommel was born in 1891 and he joined the German Army as a cadet in 1910. During World War I he served as an infantry lieutenant with the German Army in Italy, Romania and France. For ...

The daring exploits of the Afrika Korps secured Rommel a reputation as a brilliant tactician. Dr Niall Barr looks beyond the myth and asks why this legendary commander never achieved a lasting victory ...

Manfred Rommel, son of the Desert Fox, forged a great friendship with Monty’s son which became a symbol of post-war reconciliation Dr. Manfred Rommel (left) son of Field Marshal Rommel and Viscount ...

By August 1944, Erwin Rommel was recovering from severe wounds in Germany while following the collapse of the German front in ...

Erwin Rommel led several German campaigns during the second world war, most notably in north Africa. Late in the war, he was implicated in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. When it failed, Hitler obliged ...

Erwin Rommel, the World War Two German field marshal celebrated as the brilliant and humane “Desert Fox”, is portrayed in a new film as a weak man torn by his loyalty to Adolf Hitler and the dawning ...

Erwin Rommel (foreground) is played by Ulrich Tukur in the new film A new film about Erwin Rommel has been shown on German television, depicting the general as a weak man undone by his links to Adolf ...