Erwin Rommel. The Most Famous General of the Third Reich.

Among all the generals of the Third Reich, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is unquestionably the best known, the one whose prestige stands highest. The British, whom he faced in North Africa and in Normandy, were his principal adversaries and those who contributed most to his reputation as a great soldier, a consummate tactician and a chivalrous warrior. They held the "Desert Fox" in sincere respect, tinged with a justified fear borne of his many battlefield successes. Churchill himself, addressing the House of Commons in January 1942, described him as a great general, very bold and very skilful — a remark that drew criticism from some of his own compatriots.

In this abundantly illustrated work, the author describes in detail the extraordinary career of this atypical field marshal who enjoyed Hitler's favour — a career entirely devoted to Germany and the success of its arms, while, unlike many of his peers, he did not hail from a lineage of Prussian officers. From the First World War, during which, as a young lieutenant, he was awarded Germany's most prestigious decoration, the Pour le Mérite, to the Battle of Normandy which he would conduct with consummate skill despite the enemy's overwhelming superiority and which he would only relinquish due to severe wounds, one discovers or rediscovers the stirring life of Field Marshal Rommel — undoubtedly one of the finest generals Hitler had in his service.