Despite the apparent wisdom of the very limited scope of Rommel’s original role in North Africa, of stopping the British from conquering the Italian North African provinces, Rommel was the classic early war panzer commander. Nothing could tether him – nothing but the inevitable limitation of his logistics. They caught up with Guderian. And they caught up with Rommel.

Tag words: Brendan Simms; Charlie Laderman; Hitler’s American Gamble; Field Marshall Erwin Rommel; Deutsche Afrika Korp; Basil Liddell Hart; The Rommel Papers; David Irving; The Trail of the Fox; Tripartite Pact; John Kenneth Galbraith; President Roosevelt; Adolf Hitler;