I am really happy to announce that my latest book on Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is now available – “Erwin Rommel: First War, A New Look At Infantry Attacks.” This project has taken years. Now it’s finally done and ready to share with others!
I’m really grateful for all the support I have received in working on this book. I’d especially like to thank my colleagues Jerry Morelock and Brian Walker who helped me put the finishing touches on it, as well as fellow author Ed Sherwood for his encouragement. And thanks also to my mom Noel-Marie Fletcher for being so supportive not only of my work on this book but also of my German language studies and interests in military history. Thanks, everybody!
This book is much more than just a new translation of Rommel’s memoir. I have added a LOT of new material so as to paint a clear picture of Rommel’s journey as a young man being transformed by the crucible of battle into the future “Desert Fox”.
Rommel has gotten a reputation for being a very dry – ahem, somewhat boring – writer, but that is absolutely not the case, as readers will find out from my translations in this book.
If you want to know more about Rommel, you will definitely find this book interesting. Aside from all 83 maps plus rare First World War photos from Rommel’s personal collection, the original German text revealed a lot of interesting details that I tackle in commentary, notes and additional chapters I have written and added for context.
I made a lot of discoveries while working on this book – including Rommel’s “Lost Notes” in the Fraktur typeface, which I describe, and have restored, in the book. The discussions in this book are not limited to World War I; I also examine the effects the war had on Rommel’s life and address controversies about him.
This book will give you a well-rounded picture of Rommel; it will give you a deeper understanding of the soldier he was in World War I and the general he became in World War II. I hope you enjoy it!