Rommel's Lieutenants: The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, France, 1940

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One of the most famous soldiers to fight in World War II, Erwin Rommel achieved immortality as the Desert Fox in the sands of Africa, but his first field command was the 7th Panzer Division, the so-called Ghost Division. During the 1940 campaign in France, the unit suffered more casualties than any other German division and at the same time inflicted heavy losses on the Allies, taking almost 100,000 prisoners. The Ghost Division's success owed much to Rommel's subordinates, who aided Rommel more than he admitted in his papers and whom historians have generally overlooked. This book remedies that oversight.

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., has written more than twenty books on World War II.

"In 1940 in France, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommell (a.k.a. "The Desert Fox") led his first field command of WWII. This text for scholars and general readers tells the stories of the men who worked under Rommell in the 7th Panzer Division during this campaign, including his staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders. The volume is illustrated with b&w archival photographs. Mitcham is the author of 20 books on WWII."-Reference & Research Book News