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Quetzalcoatl 
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 Topic: Rommel overated?Posted: 06-Apr-2005 at 22:20 |
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I think Rommel was clearly the best, unlike the other he wasn't from the prussian school of thought, he was from Wurrtemberg. Rommel was very flexible on the battlefield and not rigid like the others. In that aspect he ressembled Napoleon, he was expert in quick analysis and processing of information, and at time act on instinct. I think for that reason he should be considered as exceptional. And what make him closer again to Napoleon, Rommel has this code of honour, he has humanity unlike the other NAZI monsters, a sort of chivalry in other word. In other word he got charisma.
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Cywr
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Posted: 07-Apr-2005 at 13:05 |
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Part of the Rommel thing was that he was the main adverery for the
British in Africa, and this got alot of media attention, and later when
Allied troops landed in Normandy, who was there, Rommel again.
He is sort of a public face as it were, where as Manstein and Guderian are more behind the scenes and less visible. Thus everyone wants to know about Rommel, and fewer have heard about the other two. I sense that by playing up Rommel's brilliance in the eyes of the British press, his eventual defeat would become something of a propaganda coup and a big morale booster. N. Africa saw the first serious victories for the British after a what looked like a bad start to the war. |
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Thegeneral
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Posted: 07-Apr-2005 at 15:11 |
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Perhaps the media made Rommel bigger than he was but that was BECAUSE he was always in the front lines with his troops or actually, with the men during the battles. he absolutly hated being miles behind the line.
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baracuda
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Posted: 13-May-2005 at 03:33 |
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Rommel's book on infantry tactics is still used, and still valid.. so there must be some genius behind it.
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jiangweibaoye
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Posted: 13-May-2005 at 12:04 |
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Rommel was a good, reckless general. Yes, his bravery warrant him respect, but he was quiet reckless. Compare him to Napoleon, Nappy wins big time. Nappy belongs with the Sun Tzu's, Alexander the Great (or Terrible), Hannibal & Genghis Khan.
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Indiana Jones
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Posted: 21-May-2005 at 16:10 |
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Rommel has received his fair share of attention. I do not believe he was overated. He was an excellent adversary for the Americans and British in North Africa and he had a role in the D-Day battles. Perhaps the media may have had some effect to create this, but Rommel is often seen as a step above all other Nazi generals and given an aura of honesty and as a man who is simply fighting for his country and does not care about the politics of it.
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