Egypt and Libya were safely Allied hands with the defeat of nine Italian divisions. Then Adolf Hitler sent his star General, Erwin Rommel to take command of Afrika Corps and turn them around. The author, Maj. Desmond Young, MC, chased and was chased all over the Sahara and Morocco until the final confrontation in Tunisia and defeat of German forces there. This back and forth journey earned Rommel the nickname The Desert Fox. The volume also relates Rommel's future as commander of the Western Wall, which was broken on D-Day and his ultimate fate when he was named as a conspirator in Operation Valkyrie.



Early in 1941, the famed British Eighth Army was on the route to victory in North Africa. Just a few months later, this same army was on the verge of total defeat, as the Germans had won victory after victory and were threatening to overrun Egypt and the Middle East.



Here is the classic biography of the man who masterminded this great turnabout, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of the German Afrika Korps. The man who burned Hitler's order to execute British raiders and who gave Allied prisoners the same food and medical treatment as his German troops. The tough general who personally conducted reconnaissance under fire in an open car while his tank commanders hid in armored turrets.



The author of this book, Brigadier General Desmond Young, fought against Rommel in North Africa, was captured by him, and after his release at the end of the war visited Rommel's family and talked with many of his fellow officers. Thus, he is able to tell us about intrigues that went on in the German High Command during the war, he is able to give a blow-by-blow description of such decisive battles as Tobruk and El Alamein, and he is able to give personal anecdotes about Rommel and to sort out the facts from the legends that have sprung up around this extraordinary general.