{"id":17531,"date":"2020-05-12T21:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T04:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=17531"},"modified":"2020-07-11T09:21:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T16:21:25","slug":"fascinating-thrilling-book-ww2-desert-fox-rommel-normandy-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/fascinating-thrilling-book-ww2-desert-fox-rommel-normandy-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"A fascinating, Indeed Thrilling Book of WW2\u2019s  \u201cDesert Fox\u201d Rommel, in Normandy, 1944"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17530\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Countdown-to-D-Day-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Countdown to D-Day book cover\" width=\"520\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Countdown-to-D-Day-Cover.jpg 520w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Countdown-to-D-Day-Cover-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Last month I reviewed a marvelous book \u2013 &#8220;The Splendid &amp; the Vile&#8221; \u2013 about <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/churchill-up-close-and-very-personal\/\">Winston Churchill\u2019s<\/a> first year in office. I love the way it\u2019s written because it gives the reader an engrossing, almost private look at this complex and UNIQUE individual. It\u2019s now #1 on the best seller list.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the English Channel back in WW 2 \u2013 1943 to be exact \u2013 there was another imaginative and vibrant character \u2013 known as &#8220;The Desert Fox&#8221; to many, but also by his more recognized name, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Rommel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Field Marshal Rommel<\/a>. I\u2019ve always thought it was intriguing that Rommel was highly regarded by many of the higher echelon of the British and American military leadership.<\/p>\n<p>To enrich YOUR mind, and WW2 interest, a 2019 book by American born Peter Margaritis, &#8220;<strong>Countdown to D-Day, The German High Command in Occupied France, 1944<\/strong>,&#8221; is also equally spellbinding.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is it a stimulating, even an enthralling, time about the daily, and personally punishing work productivity of the Field Marshal, it also offers up an intimate perspective on another top German Field Marshal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerd_von_Rundstedt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt<\/a>. When you read about his luxurious yes, LUXURIOUS! lifestyle in Paris during the latter part of WW2 in his extravagant French mansion, it makes you wonder how he was able to get away with such an opulent daily life for so long.<\/p>\n<p>As a WW2 aficionado I\u2019ve been to <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/returning-to-normandy-personal-ww2-reflection\/\">Normandy<\/a> 4 times, and as I read this riveting <em>As-You-Are-There-Book<\/em> and appreciated, and even more understood, how Rommel lived and worked each day from December 1943 to his last moments before the invasion on June 6th 1944, I knew that THIS book has the most meticulous account of Rommel\u2019s Normandy days than anything before or since.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been to France, and know this part of the Norman countryside, especially the landscape, around the areas in Normandy that took up so much of Rommel\u2019s daily life, what you read here becomes even more thrilling, as you can relate it to what you\u2019ve seen and done there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17529\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-Wall.jpg\" alt=\"German troops manning Atlantic Wall fortifications\" width=\"789\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-Wall.jpg 789w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-Wall-600x382.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-Wall-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-Wall-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This book\u2019s written as if you\u2019re the proverbial fly on the wall, and vividly describes how Rommel reached out to his soldiers, and what an avidly and colorful character Rommel was. Nothing shows his integrity more than his face to face meeting with two British commandos who, on Friday, May 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 1944, had been captured on the beach shortly before D-Day.<\/p>\n<p>One was Lt. Roy Woodridge, the other Lt. George Lane (pages 449-455). \u00a0The former refused to say anything to his captors\u2019 but Lane was more open to conversation, so much so that one of Rommel\u2019s top advisors, General Speidel, brings him, at Rommel\u2019s request, to La Roche Guyon, Rommel\u2019s plush, French mansion and HQ, to speak with the Field Marshall. He was so impressed \u2013 by Lane particularly \u2013 that Rommel arranges to have them \u201cprotected\u201d from both execution and the Gestapo. Both Brits survived the war.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17528\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shell-Shocked.jpg\" alt=\"shell-shocked German soldier\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shell-Shocked.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shell-Shocked-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shell-Shocked-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shell-Shocked-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The book also brings out how grueling Rommel\u2019s work schedule was, and he expected all who worked for him to have the same devotion and loyalty. \u00a0It details, <em>and I found this riveting<\/em>, how concerned he became on learning about the plans to assassinate Hitler, and describes how strongly Rommel felt this was NOT the way to achieve what the plotters\u2019 wanted. He felt a trial was more suitable.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve read countless books about D-Day and the vast majority all come from the Allies\u2019 point of view. Although written by an American, this book provides a mesmerizing portrait of a brilliant, controversial German general in WW2. As such, I highly recommend it for your reading enjoyment, as the book will also give you insights on why it was \u2013 and still is \u2013 a tragedy that Rommel\u2019s life ended the way it did. Contact John: <a href=\"mailto:jd******@***il.com\" data-original-string=\"\/DJtR2VId\/fqCSkP8S6N3Q==8d435uKolzQP+2peezSlBk2mhv3+3fPedUwDvNydYpCYjk=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='AdO8Wqj0o\/tITf4lVKV9vA==8d4GGXM+GzVnhWpl3CCMeroFUGKLws9RRCLbDN2uYu0\/oE='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>jd<span class=\"apbct-blur\">******<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">***<\/span>il.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the other side of the English Channel back in WW 2 \u2013 1943 to be exact \u2013 there was another imaginative and vibrant character \u2013 known as \u201cThe Desert Fox&#8221; to many, but also by his more recognized name, Field Marshal Rommel. 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