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(At page 6, Column 1 under "Death of Rommel"): [Rommel] "Took Charge in Libya...Twenty days later, on Oct. 23, 1942, the British Eight Army began the drive which was to last through twelve critical days and finally result in Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's driving the Afrika Korps from Egypt with sledge-hammer blows."

I joined this thread after this part of things, so I didn't get to see any of the insights and analysis about this. I'd really like to know how Monty did this. Got a link to the best maps and explanation for how a guy like Monty could rout a guy like Rommel?

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There is a lot of fiction in the piece on Rommel. Much of it comes from a propaganda piece Goebbels had published on Rommel that was never effectively retracted.

Rommel was retained in the post-WWI army. He was never a policeman or considered emigrating to America.

Despite his closeness with Hitler and Goebbels, Rommel was never a Nazi party member.

There is a lot out there about El Alamein, but the Cliff's version is that Rommel was at the end of a very extended supply line while Monty did what he does best, he took a very long time to stack his line with reinforcing units and supply stocks before launching his attack. Despite all the criticism we level at him, he really was a master of the set piece battle.