U.S. Army Military History Institute Biographies 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 30 May 2012 ERWIN ROMMEL A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Special Aspects.....p.2 Contemporaneous Material, WWII Era.....p.3 North Africa, 1941-43......p.4 France, 1943-44......p.4 By Rommel......p.6 GENERAL SOURCES Addington, Larry H. "Rommel, The Desert Warrior." Essays in Some Dimensions of Military History. Vol. IV. Carlisle Barracks, PA: USAMHI, 1976. pp. 62-79. U15.U525. Blumenson, Martin. "Rommel." In Hitler's Generals. [Edited by Correlli Barnett] NY: Weidenfeld, 1989. pp. 293-318. D736.H57. And In Heroes Never Die: Warriors and Warfare in World War II. NY: Cooper Square, 2001. pp. 351-77. D743.B58. Brighton, Terry. Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War. NY: Crown, 2008. 426 p. D736.B75. Citino, Robert M. “Drive to Nowhere: Just How Good were Rommel and his Legendary Afrika Korps?” MHQ (Summer 2012): pp. 26-38. Per. Douglas-Home, Charles. Rommel. NY: Saturday Review, 1973. 217 p. DD247.R57.D68. Elting, John R. The Super Strategists. NY: Scribners, 1985. pp. 285-92. U162.E57. Fraser, David. Knight's Cross: A Life Marshal Erwin Rommel. NY: Harper, 1993. 601 p. DD247.R57.F73. Irving, David, ed. "Selected Documents on the Life and Campaigns of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel." 11 reels, microfilm. DD247.R47.A25Microfilm. See 8-page inventory in MicroformReference. Erwin Rommel p.3 Irving, David J. The Trail of the Fox. NY: Avon, 1978. 583 p. DD247.R57.I78. Lewin, Ronald. Rommel as Military Commander. London: Van Nostrand, 1968. 252 p. DD247.R5714. Lucas, James. Hitler’s Enforcers: Leaders of the German War Machine, 1939-1945. NY: Sterling, 1996. pp. 146-62. D736.L83. Reuth, Ralf G. Rommel: The End of a Legend. [Translated by Debra S. & Herbert A. Danner] London: Haus Books, 2005. 249 p. DD247.R57.R4813. Macksey, Kenneth. Rommel: Battles and Campaigns. NY: Mayflower, 1979. 224 p. DD247.R57.M33. McMillan, Richard. Rendezvous with Rommel. London: Jarrolds, n.d. 109 p. D766.82.M25. Mason, David. Who's Who in World War II. Boston: Little, Brown, 1978. pp. 255-62. D736.M33. Marshall, Charles F. Discovering the Rommel Murder: The Life and Death of the Desert Fox. Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1994. 255 p. DD247.R57.M37. Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. Hitler's Field Marshals and their Battles. Chelsea, MI: Scarborough House, 1990. 433 p. D736.M57. See Chap 8. Sibley, Roger. Rommel. NY: Ballantine, 1974. 160 p. DD247.R57.S5. U.S. Army, Europe. Historical Division. Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954: Catalog and Index. n.p., 1954. pp. 177-78. D739.F6713. SPECIAL ASPECTS Connelly, Owen. On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. Princeton, NJ: Princeton, 2002. 347 p. UB210.C67. See Chap. VII. Cordier, Sherwood S. “Edwin Rommel as Commander: The Decisive Years, 1940-1942.” PhD dss, MN, 1963. 361 p. DD247.R57.C67. von Luck, Hans. Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck. NY: Praeger, 1989. 283 p. D811.L83. A protégé of Rommel, he served on both fronts and became a POW in Russia. Erwin Rommel p.3 McMahon, Timothy L. Operational Principles: The Operational Art of Erwin Rommel and Bernard Montgomery. Ft Leavenworth: CGSC, 1985. 140 p. D766.82.M245. Perrett, Bryan. Seize and Hold: Master Strokes on the Battlefield. NY: Arms and Armour, 1994. 224 p. U165.P44. See Chap. 2 on Rommel in WWI. Showalter, Dennis. Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century. NY: Berkley Caliber, 2005. 441 p. D736.S36. _____. “What Made Rommel Rommel.” Military History (Mar 2011): pp. 26-35. Per. Essentially surveys his WWI experience. Speidel, Hans. "Rommel and 20 July (15 Apr-14 Oct 1944)." USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1946. 14 p. D739.F6713noB-721. Stancik, Ed. "Hoisted on Enemy's Shoulders." Military History (Jun 1990): pp. 30-36. Per. Rommel at Caporetto, 1917. Strobridge, Truman R. "Old Blood and Guts and the Desert Fox." Military Review (Jun 1984): pp. 33-48. Per. Patton & Rommel compared. Wells, Lawrence. Rommel and the Rebel. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. 415 p. PZ4.W453.Ro. CONTEMPORANEOUS MATERIAL, WWII ERA DeWeerd, Harvey A. "The Rommel Legend." Infantry Journal (Jul 1943): pp. 16-23. Per. Generalfeldmarschall Rommel: Zum Ehrenden Gedenken. Photocopy of booklet, n.d. 57 p. DD247R57G46a. Memorial tributes and photos published possibly in 1944. Gulliver, Louis J. "Field Marshall Rommel." Army Navy Register (21 Oct 1944): p. 6. Per. _____. "Rommel: The Man and the Myth." War Illustrated (21 Aug 1942): p. 147. Per. _____. "The German African Army in the Desert War: Incidents as Seen through Enemy Eyes when Rommel Advanced Last June." Illustrated London News (29 Nov 1941): pp. 686-87. Per. Rommel, Erwin. "Capture of an Enemy Supporting Point." Review of Military Literature (Apr 1943): pp. 60-63. Per. From his book Aufgaben fur Zug und Kompanie. Erwin Rommel p.4 Rommel, Erwin. "Extrication from Combat: Retreat." Review of Military Literature (Jan 1943): pp. 28-30. Per. From his book Aufgaben fur Zug und Kompanie. _____. "The Action Around Jevszek." Military Review (Dec 1943): pp. 56-59. Per. From his book Infantrie Greift (1935). NORTH AFRICA, 1941-43 Bayerlein, Fritz, & Spayd, P. A.. The Private AFRIKAKORPS Photograph Collection of Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2004. 174 p. D757.55.P34.P75. Bellamy, Ronald F., and Llewellyn, Craig H. "Preventable Casualties: Rommel's Flaw, Slim's Edge." Army (May 1990): pp. 52-56. Per. Contrasts sanitation/hygiene command element. Carrell, Paul. The Foxes of the Desert. NY: Dutton, 1961. 364 p. D766.82.C3. Farrar-Hockley, Anthony. The War In the Desert. London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 121 p. D766.82.F38. Heckmann, Wolf. Rommel's War in Africa. Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. 366 p. D766.82.H4313. Holtzendorff, Hans-Henning von. "Reasons for Rommell's Successes in Africa 1941-1942." USAREUR, 1947. 49 p. USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1946. 49 p. D739.F6713noD-024. Kinghorn, Alan. "The Dynamic War: A Comparative Study of the Tactical Leadership in the British- German Campaigns in North Africa, February 1941-January 1943." PhD dss, U OK, 1965. 163 p. D766.82.K5. Kirkland, Donald E. "Rommel's Desert Campaigns, February 1941-September 1942: A Study in Operational Level Weakness". , CGSC student paper, 1986. 36 p. D766.82.K57. Kuhn, Volkmar. Rommel in the Desert: Victories and Defeat of the Afrika-Korps, 1941-1943. West Chester, PA: Schiffer, 1991. 225 p. D766.82.K8313. Lange, Herman W.W. "Rommel at Thala." Military Review (Sep 1961): pp. 72-84. Per. Action, 23 Feb 1943, Tunisia. Mellenthin, Friedrich Wilhelm von. "Supplement to 'Reasons for Rommel's Success in Africa, 1941-1942.'" USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1946. 4 p. D739.F6713noD-084. Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. Triumphant Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Corps. NY: Stein & Day, 1984. 224 p. D757.55.A4.M574. Erwin Rommel p.5 Reissmann, Werner. "Rommel's System of Fortification in North Africa, 1941-41."USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1946. 6 p. D739.F6713noD-082. Robinson, James R. “The Rommel Myth.” Military Review (Sep/Oct 1997): pp. 81-89. Per. Separates the “historical success” from the operational failure in Rommel’s North African operations. Schmidt, Heinz Werner. With Rommel In the Desert. London: Harrap, 1951. 240 p. D766.82.R6.S34. Strawson, John. The Battle For North Africa. NY: Scribners, 1969. 215 p. D766.82.S69. Tosch, David F. "German Operations in North Africa: A Case Study of the Link between Operational Design and Sustainment." Student paper, CGSC, 1987. 40 p. D766.82.T627. Young, Desmond. Rommel The Desert Fox. NY: Harper, 1950. 22 p. U55.R6.Y6. See also: -Guide to Foreign Military Studies index, p. 191 and Bibliographies on North Africa in WWII- Mediterranean Theater. FRANCE, 1943-44 Davis, Richard A. "On a Road in Normandy-17 July 1944." Reprint from Surgery (Aug 1961): pp. 242-54. DD247.R57.D38. Medical analysis of Rommel's injuries and speculation on subsequent events. Mitcham, Samuel W. Rommel's Last Battle: The Desert Fox and the Normandy Campaign. NY: Stein, 1983. 212 p. D756.5.N6.M55. Ose, Dieter. "Rommel and Rundstedt: The 1944 Panzer Controversy." Military Affairs (Jan 1986): pp. 7-11. Per. German disagreement on counter-strategy and tactics re Allied invasion of France, particularly role and number of armored units. Ruge, Friedrich. Rommel in Normandy: Reminiscences by Friedrich Ruge. San Rafael, CA: Presidio, 1979. 266 p. D756.5.N6.R813. _____, & Dihm, F. "Rommel and the Atlantic Wall (Dec 1943-Jul 1944)." USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1946. 52 p. D739.F6713noA-982. Includes several other related studies. Erwin Rommel p.6 Speidel, Hans. "The Battle of Normandy 1944-Field Marshal Rommel: His Generalship, His Ideas, and His End." USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1948. 153 p. D739.F6713noC-017. _____. "Rommel's Views (1 Apr-May 1944)." USAREUR Foreign Mil Study, 1946. 24 p. D739.F6713noB-720. _____. Invasion 1944; Rommel and the Normandy Campaign. Westport: Greenwood, 1971 reprint of 1950 edition. 176 p. D757.S7713. BY ROMMEL Rommel, Erwin. Attacks. Vienna, VA: Athena, 1979. 325 p. D640.R6413. Published in 1944 as Infantry Attacks, his WWI experiences in Italy. _____. Infantry Attacks. [Translated from the German] Wash, DC: Inf Jrnl, 1944. 265 p. D640.R6413. - Originally published by Ludwig Voggenreiter Verlag, Potsdam, 1937. - Translation by U.S. Army CGSC, Jul 1943. - Published by Infantry Journal, Jun 1944. - Read by Gen Patton for inspiration on 8 Nov 1944, France; see Patton Papers, Vol. II, p. 571 (E745.P3.B55v2). _____.