To: DFG
Interestingly, Rommel was an infantry officer who only began to lead armored units late in his career. His first book was about infantry in the attack.
5 posted on
06/03/2009 12:49:48 PM PDT by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: colorado tanker
Interestingly, Rommel was an infantry officer who only began to lead armored units late in his career. His first book was about infantry in the attack.Yes, the movie "Patton" took a bit of literary license on that one!
7 posted on
06/03/2009 12:55:22 PM PDT by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: colorado tanker
Rommel and Patton had a lot in common. They both liked to play on offense. They both believed in armor and tanks were instrumental to that end in modern warfare. Above all, they were both noble soldiers whose attributes outweighed their faults.
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