Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox
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Did you know? Rommel's Anti-Gas Goggles were a gift from a British prisoner as a thank you for retrieving his cap
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That’s cool
Simple History wow didn't know that I was waiting for this one though
Simple History didn't know that
Simple History no i did not know that but thank you for sharing it
Simple History can you do the invasion of Panama
Rommel: *fights the Italians In ww1*
Rommel some years later : *becomes the babysitter of Italy*
1943:italian parents kick rommel out of their home
@@dastanbputra1281 Lol.
Imagine being an italian WWI veteran being sent to war in WWII while seeing the general that almost killed you. You even looked eachother into the eyes and now he's YOUR leader.
@SoDamnFarAway _ Actually, in the Early stages of the North African war, Italian forces were shoved all the way back into their colony by the British
@SoDamnFarAway _ Yes but that doesn't mean Italian forces never lost a frontline battle.
''Do Not Fight a battle if you dont gain anything by winning''
-Erwin Rommel
What he meant was don't start a fight in the pub with the largest dude.
Zippy Mo 😂😂
@@Tombstone_Active it's simply the risk vs. reward. Don't put yourself at risk if there is nothing to be gained.
@@zippymo672 Only if you can't beat the largest dude. Otherwise go ahead ...
I am your 1000 like
'We have lost our last gentlemanly opponent' - Winston Churchill on the death of Rommel
Winston Churchill himself was a butcher, intentionally creating famine in India to plunder supplies to England.. it is ironic that he gives out certificate of gentlemen.. Doctor heal thyself...
@@simonandrews5256 shut up.
@@Sophiebryson510 it's true.. look it up.. glorifying Churchill is as much, if not more, heinous than glorifying Hitler..
@@simonandrews5256 Amogus
@@pricegaming7965 Sus
French officer, "Rommel is near."
French soldier: "How can you tell?"
French officer, "I can hear Sabaton."
just imagining ghost divison being played in the distance as rommel gets closer and it gets louder
@@flamingrubys11 LMFAO YES
Why do I hear boss music?
"How can you tell?"
"I hear his Logistic Corps screaming."
THEY ARE THE PANZER EILTE!!!!
It was also called the ghost division because they moved so fast German high command couldn't keep in communication at times.
(Tom Clancy intensifies)
I've heard Rommel intentionally cut out over radio so he could defy orders and charge ahead. He did this when he plowed behind France's Maginot Line
Hitler wasn’t a coward. He was offered to be exiled to japan or Argentina but hitler decided to fall with berlin
@@karlmarcs31 Rommel had balls of iron
@@dumplingexplorer5034 kinda agree with that, he chose to defend and die with his own army and his own understanding. But dont forget some people said that he does escape germany and moved to argentina or somewhere.
That is why i said "kinda agree"
Even the allies respected this guy
He treated POWs with equal respect. He also told his men to not kill Jewish POWs and even gave them food, clothing and shelter.
@@Hectopath2006 damn
1 million videos With no subscribers Yup Rommel was the smart and kind one of the bunch he was sane to say the least
He’s a good guy. Even one of the best. He would be useful as a leader after WW2 is over. Even in the Cold War, he may be useful.
Cg Studios ikr
Erwin "the fuck's a supply line!?" Rommel
N Y I C E
George "What is the meaning of stop?!" Patton
@@user_698 who would win
George "Slap the ptsd out" Patton, Bernard "You can hold out hang on" Montgomery or Erwin "Hail mary, surrender now frenchies" Rommel
"Tigarfield you are eating us out of the supply line you stupid fat panzer"
How about Gregory “no oil no machine” Zukov
You should have mentioned one amazing thing about Romel's son. After the war, Romel's son (who was only 14 during his father's execution) befriended the sons of General Montogomary and General Patton (both of them are Erwin Romel's military adversaries in WWII) to elicit peaceful motion among German, British and American people.
Manfred Rommel was also befriended with my Grandfather rommel was the Major of the capitql city stuttgart and my Grandfather was a major of a small city, but they met often and become friends, its also because my great Grandfather was a really good friend of Erwin Rommel, he teached him how to hunt and helped him with the resistance against hitler, the world is small huh😃
@@jebbtapp8131 nice!
@@jebbtapp8131 Stuttgart!!!! My grandpa is from there. NEAT
United germanic empire
@@thesilverreich3947 what?
if this guy was an american officer there would have been a super movie on him
Omar Saad lol america has patton for that
A super movie?
More like a Hollywood movie with lots of sequels, prequels and remakes to adapt to the modern times
Oh god Imagine the Historical inaccuracies it could have done
patton aswell as douglas mcarthur dont have movies even though they are renowned aswell
"Give me two emu divisions and I'll conquer the world for you."
-Rommel
@@---zd4wv imagine rommel in a tank riding in front of a horde of emus.
@@---zd4wv Sneaky Baguette I think we all would be. Maybe rommel has conquered heaven with all the emus the Aussies killed in the great emu war. He probably now rules heaven with God and Napoleon who commanded a Turkish army. Rommel would have an alliance with Napoleon.
T-that's not the quote, but okay...
@Edward Lintag I know.
Australians: Crikey! Is that Rommel working with the Emus?
"Remember soldiers, switching to your pistol is faster than reloading."
- Erwin Rommel
«RAMIREZ!»-Erwin Rommel
he must have played csgo a lot.
"In a man to man fight the winner is the man with one more round in his magazine"
- Erwin Rommel -
This guy is erwin smith of out world
What i’m now going to show you is called the progamer move
I live in his hometown in Germany. Its sad, his Monument gets vadalised so much and there are Petitions to tear it of.
Sadly in Germany this happen often, most of us have no respect for thous who fight for the Vaterland.
I really hope that will change someday.
Ja was willste machen, sind halt Grüne, Linke, Antifa , etc...
people should always differentiate soldiers from their political masters
but he gave his life for his country
guess he will have to do it again
A true soldier not a coward and sadist like the others. he deserved better
Fun fact:He ignored hitler’s orders to kill any British commandos that he captured
Like the sovjets, I know.
@@deutschwehr7305 The Nazi's were socialists, which is basically a distant cousin of communism.
@@zlatko8051 why he reject?
@@addisonwelsh socialism and communism are the same. They are not distant cousins. If anything socialism is the father of communism.
Germany: Rommel.
Russia: Zhukov.
USA: Patton.
Britain: Montgomery.
Japan: Yamamoto.
France: Whiteflag.
Italy: Lasagna.
Alejandro Basaldúa Bro we all forgot about General Lasagna!!!!
Lol what a name for the Italian general.
General Lasagna was such a difficult general to defeat!! Took everything from allied might to end him!
@@benardmontgomery5100 The legend of General Lasagna and his bolognese sauce units.
You forgot
Bulgaria: Boris
Romania: Dumitrescu
Hungary: Hórthy
China: 10000 generals
He fought for Germany, not for the swastika.
And thats a fact, gotta fight for your homeland no matter how horrible it was at that time
That hurts my head to think about 😂🤯
Callum Sherratt very funny
@jeremy ray most generals of the Confederate states didnt like the idea of slavery. Like Stonewall Jackson
You fight and dies for your country no matter the country
Since I was 10, I had the alias of 'The desert Fox' in all the games I used to play.
This was because I accidentally came across a book in the school library on Erwin Rommel. I was his fan all through my childhood.
Same
i would give your comment a like but 69 is great.
@@Taemoco i am also known as Lord Fox, FoxFalcon and Desert Falcon.
But i can't resist giving you a like on my reply.
You made me notice something that i would have Otherwise skipped. 🤣🤣
My father actually named me after Erwin Rommel
One of the few axis commanders you should respect. Honorable in every way possible. Even Patton had a copy of his book.
@Chicha 17 Why?
Rommel was a good man unlike other axis leaders.
Chicha 17
He treated his prisoners humanely which is something that neither the Allies nor the Axis do very often, when the Germans were in North Africa he left thousands of Jews alone, and he even killed himself just to save his family. Why do you hate Erwin Rommel?
@Chicha 17 looks like someone pussied out
@Chicha 17 Looks like you're still typing to this day aren't you?
Montgomery in Africa: "Why do I constantly hear boss music?"
CHAAAAAARGGE
Then he realises it’s just the English, Scottish and Welsh aka his own troops making said boss music
@@YorkshireMemes I would doubt it. Rommel had an excellent kill ratio. UK just had sheer numbers
German high command: We'll give you a month to attack the French army
Erwin Rommel: *3 (days) take it or leave it*
Simple History: mentions Ghost Division
*Sabaton plays in the background*
THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE
BORN TO COMPETE!
William Ramsey *Headbangs furiously*
Matthew Watts NEVER RETREAT!!!!
William Ramsey legendary
GHOOOST DIVISON. LIVING OR DEAD.....
wasn't suicide it was sacrifice what a man
Well,he had no future in the Reich after the attempted assasination
@@virgiljianu7166 he did it to save his family, Einstein.
Nani
He’s a true hero of his country. He did the most right thing he did. He’s the best.
@Rashad Ali yes he commited suicide by the pill
Some of Rommels tactics are still being used in modern combat to this today, and he is praised as one of the best military commanders of all time, i wish germans woud learn a bit about their history instead of neglecting it.
They do learn about their history...
@@bs2202 Yes, but only the invasion of poland, D-Day, the Holocaust and Nuremburg trial. That was all i got teached about WW2 at a german high school.
@@leonkleber5009 mainly the Holocaust
Yeah but their government hates anything about ww2
@@danishkfd thats bullshit right there
The man was so fast, his supply lines, his enemies and even his damn superiors would lose track of the guy if they weren't careful.
Rommel also wrote War Without Hate. He was such a kind person that he insisted equal treatment of captured Allied soldiers.
Wow. He should've been in charge, hitler shouldn't have been a german propagandist. That guy could have a good time leading, and not start a crisis. However, WWII did start peace between the americans and soviets, but, there is still some pros that outnumber that.
@@denniskibrik7310 Well I wouldn't say peace. I wouldn't even say WW2 laid any groundworks for peace between the US and USSR. The territory the Soviets captured wasn't being liberated, but rather occupied and controlled, but it wouldn't be until after the war would the West realize this and was greatly opposed to. After the war had ended and Stalin had lied about allowing elections in the occupied areas, all relations between the US and USSR ceased. Not that there much relations to begin with, US and USSR hated each other from the start the moment the revolution in Russia began.
@@denniskibrik7310 start peace between us and ussr
BWAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHSHHSHSSHSHAHAHAHAHAHAHWHQHWHAHAHAHAHQHHQHAHAHA
He was real German soldier
Haris Jamil that he was. I wish our military would respect him and rebuild.
@Schwanzus Longus Heutzutage brauchts ja nicht mal mehr ne Großmacht
@Schwanzus Longus Haha 1 Tag und die 5 restlichen zum Papierkram erledigen
Das braucht man heutzutage für einen Sieg über Deutschland:
6 tage und einen General aus Frankreich der sich ergibt
If Rommel survived the war he would become one of the greatest NATO generals.
He would be executed for being a high commanding officer. Unless fellow officers of the Allies was willing to excuse him.
@@firepower7017 Being a high command officer doesn't lead you to execution.
The East German army and the Bunderswehr, that where formed after WWII, where commanded by German ex - Wehrmacht generals.
@@firepower7017 i doubt the allies would want to execute him as they respected him
This man would have been a NUMBER 1 PRIORITY under OPERARION PAPERCLIP...
What Americans are today in field of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY its all becz of this operation and m pretty sure a man like GEN ERWIN ROMMEL on their side would not only have won them KOREAN WAR IN SHORT SPAN but also VIETNAM WAR too...
@@firepower7017 heinz Guderian didn't been excuted So Rommel should de just find.
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains saves both."
Erwin Rommel
That's also a quote form the warpath ad
Handle this... ' In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.
@@jocelynndotson7273 Warpath is becoming the new Raid with these copious amounts of ads
@@jocelynndotson7273 ah yes
w a r p a t h
No mention of his legendary respect for his enemies or pows.
Gaz 995
The man gave POW’s clothing shelter and food. The most respectable WWII German leader, not to mention a military leader that rivaled the intelligence of amazing tacticians like Bellisaurius and Hannibal, and was the best WWII military leader in my opinion. Sorry Patton.
@@Ethan-mp7wr I mean, Patton read his books, so yeah...
Rommel was one of the few commanders on the axis side that was very honorable.
one of the few commanders in the whole of war that was honourable, the allies also committed atrocities.
Tojo was the most honorable commander
@@soaringwingssecondstage8995 no he wasn't, Tojo was the one of the main reasons Japan was what it was in WW2
Are you sure?
@@soaringwingssecondstage8995 well I'm not so sure about how he handled when he was on the ground, but unlike Rommel, the man was very ambitious as a true believer of Imperial rule over Asia, hence boosting the militaristic nature of Imperial Japan. He was even called "Razor" for his cold decision making when he led the Kempetai(Military Police) in Manchuria. He also approved the attack of Pearl Harbor as well as the terrible conditions of POWs. Also being the Prime Minister of Imperial Japan who led the country in WW2, it can be said the the atrocities committed was also his responsibility, which are:
> Chemical warfare against Chinese citizens
> The Bataan Death March
> The rape of Nanking
And among others.
While yeah, these can be debatable if it was his fault or not, the responsibility of these actions ultimately falls on him as the leader of the nation (though technically Emperor Hirohito was the Head of State, most of the executive power kind of rests on Tojo)
So yeah, Tojo was definately not as honorable as other people, but that's pretty much gonna be a given being the Prime Minister of a fascist Imperial Japan
A hero killed not by the war, but by politics. Press F to pay respects
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French: ha ha silly germans will never breach our maginot line!
Also french: Why do I hear Ghost division blaring from Belgium?
Rommel actually got stopped at the belgium trenches by 40 soldiers covering 39 kilometers of entrenchment but he wasn't able to break through until they had ran out of ammo. I would also like to say that I did some math and found out that in order for the Belgian unit to cover the entire trench every soldier had to cover about .97 miles by themselves.
LegendaryMercDC counterattacking matildas go brrrr
@@bricechugg214 source?
They are the panzer elite born to compete Never retreat ghost division
@@veselko2916 Sabaton - Resist and bite
*Tank* You Rommel
You are... A potatoes.. But a genius one
Danke Rommel
😒
Erwin Rommel
Home boy!
nice pun
Is it true that Rommel was considered to be gentleman at war and actually cared about PoW's ? I heard that somewhere but wonder if it's true
Montgomery and Rommel were gentlemen. They were adversaries but respect each other. In fact, both their sons are great friends. A bit like the Red Baron. When he was shot by the British and died he received a military funeral from the British.
Most soldiers does not mistreat prisoners of war, but sadly there are exceptions, even today.
Even Winston Churchill respected him for being so honourable in battle
Now the story of how the German came to be in possession of the goggles can be told for the first time. They were given to him by a British prisoner as a gift to thank him for retrieving a stolen hat.
Major General Michael Gambier-Parry, of the 2nd Armoured Division, was captured with 2,000 of his men by Rommel in Mechili, Libya, in 1941.
The German field marshal invited the British officer to dine with him in a gesture of military camaraderie. The pair shared good wine and smoked ‘excellent cigars’, according to Gambier-Parry’s granddaughter, Liza Donoghue, 67.
During the meal, Gambier-Parry complained that a German soldier had taken his hat. A furious Rommel then took it upon himself to get the garment back to his prisoner.And when Rommel later found Gambier-Parry’s Army goggles in a staff car, he asked the British officer if he could keep them and Gambier-Parry agreed...... Erwin Rommel cared about his own troops and the enemy
He didn't have to but he actually got the British soldiers hat back
Deutsch: Erwin Rommel
English Speaker: Örwen Rommul
? What?
Echt so😂
Ehvin vs Örwin
😂😂
"Joseph Garballs" Huh huh huh
You don’t need to think that you were abandoned by the world
The world never took you before
-Erwin Rommel
Montgomery is a competent general, but Rommel is a more capable general. If Rommel had received similar military supplies to British troops, Rommel would have won.
A funny side note: Germany was very adapt at using captured enemy vehicles (i would say they relied on it) At time the Afrikakorps boasted more allied vehicles then German manufactured ones. That's how dire the situation was. Rommel himself used a captured British command truck until it broke down and he switched back to his old Opel Blitz truck.
You have the RAF to thank for that. They torpedoed his supply ships and shot down his supply planes. When the fuel and ammunition does not even reach Africa, you are screwed. Though the Uboats wreaked havoc on the Royal Navy, the luftwaffe dropped the ball.
No because his military supplies weren‘t the real reason he lost in North Africa it was rather because of the decryption of the enigma. It was the thing that ruined Rommels attempt to capture el alamein. Due to them intercepting the communication they knew where he was going to attack. So, were able to heavily fortify and mine it. And due to that and because of the artillery guns there, he lost. So, in summary the shortage was a big problem but not the main one.
just imagine just with limited supply he almost defeated the British in North Africa, luckily Hitler never prioritize the North African campaign and just send Rommel their to help the Italians.
@@leanderklinger5154 I was going to post this but I saw your post. The compromised enigma transmissions combined with the lack of resupply really screwed Rommel. Hitler decided to focus Germany's resources on the Western front and practically abandoned Rommel to deal with the African front by himself.
How about making a video of the africa korps? That would be awesome!
*Corp.
Also if you wanna sund like super german and like a smartass say Afrika Korps
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* afrika korps
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To me Rommel Always stood to me as an example of a good man in a cruel world.
Why did you ignore that Rommel wasn't at Normandy because he giving his wife a pair of shoes in Germany. Did you know that?
@Heiliger Katholik yeah he was giving her shoes as a birthday presant. So the germans lost the war cause he gave his wife a fresh pair of nikes
@@danbennett472 but during during Normandy Hitler had i think 4 Panzer division that were under his exclusive control, but Hitler was asleep and didn't wake up until like most of the beaches were secure
@@kengiro0599 aye no one woke him up. If that Panzer division was utilised us Brit's would have been done for in caen.
@@danbennett472 Hitler did Deploy them (late) but half of them were sent to intercept a allied paratrooper dropping (which turned out to be a decoy)
Allied Code Breakers: “Rommel is out of town, shopping for his wife.”
Allied High Command: “It’s now or never, boys!”
😁
Wow, he offed himself to save his family in the end that takes balls of iron. 😳
Balls of steel!!
Balls of mithril
Balls of panzer
Balls of stalin
Great general, loving father. His death save his family, that why there many of his relative descendents live today because of him. Let one life taken in order to safe hundred.
If Rommel had an army of the Russian caliber in terms of manpower we would be speaking German right now...
Guten tag
I'm speaking german right now.
Ich spreche Deutsch jetzt.
nein
Das lustige ist ICH BIN DEUTSCHER
Russians defending Stalingrad was something else !
His my favorite field Marshal and war strategist.
If rommel was in the Nuremberg trials he would be found not guilty from America, Britain and France but the Soviet union would try to find him guilty.
Yeah, Soviet Union was kinda special. They even killed lots of their own soldiers after the war, just because they were POW's of Germany. Didn't hear about that from any other nation.
Sandro Drechsel Yea I think it was yalta conference, but don't quote me.
@Ronald Steinback thats some big brain siege tactic
The Soviets actually sentenced most Czech pilots, who served in the RAF during the war in the 50s. Instead of celebrating them as heroes, they were locked in a forced labour camp. Communism should be equally condemned as Nazism.
@Lukas Engel this being just one example en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bryks
Who won the first tour de france?
7th german panzer division.
Just a joke xD
THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE BORN TO COMPETE NEVER RETREAT GHOST DIVISION!
Okay that's genius LOL
Theres actually a funny picture with germans on bikes in france saying tour de france 1940
@@thekameleon9785 I like the one with the machine gun mounted bikes saying "When you've got the Tour De France at 7:30 but the D-Day invasion at 9"
It’s not a joke it’s literally true
Ah finally
Your a good guy rommel...
ayy
you are such a badass Rommel...Wish you would have been in Allie side..Bloody Hitler lost Talented commander..
I thought that you were dead!
Erwin Rommel my fav commander why u didn't ignore Hitler and attacked Normandy
Rommel respect his enemy thats why he is respected
If he would have been at the eastern front, things would be different
My favorite commander of all time, he even treated his prisoners well
Damn. The Universe should release an alternate ending for this guy. Preferable one where he took Hitler's place after the assassination. That would have been dope.
I am more thinking of Kerberos.
He was an excellent military officier and a good family man, but that doesn't mean he'd have made a good leader.
But yeah, I do believe he could have at least done enough properly to navigate his country out of war and settle not too disgusting a peace deal.
Owesy Woesy will Germany surrender to the allies?
Will America accept the offer to join the axis forces?
Who will fall? Who will stand tall?
Find out next time on dragon ball z!
If you want an alternate history, there's always the Hearts of Iron series of games.
I think you need to lay off the acid for a while haha
That was really sad.After all his services he was betrayed.
Tom Ant Well... he was involved in a lot of treasonous meetings and talks (not without good reason of course). It was a dangerous thing to do when working for Hitler.
Almost 7000 gestapo officers were executed. because of the failed operation valkyrie
SupremeCmder not all of them wants to work with hitler especially the Heer(wehrmacht) but they are bound by the oath of(1933-39) you should watch opertaion valkyrie go google it if you have time.
Heath George well to them they weren't evil they were fighting for their country and for their people. You look at it on our side course they'll be evil. In any War one side thinks they're the good guys in the other side thinks they're the good guys.
yet whether or not he thought the regime was evil does not change the fact that the regime was evil.
After reading his memoir about his experiences in WW1, he definitely someone I can respect.
Imagine If Rommel Was Alive on After WWII, We Americans would just try to Learn His tactics.
u guys did 73 easting 1991
@@tinaadh6227 One of the many documentaries on Desert Storm, contained a brief part where either an Armored or Cavalry division took some prisoners and loaded the into the passenger area of a Bradley, and they asked why their was a picture of Rommel in the back. It was an interesting little story.
@@aussie870 It was Greatest Tank Battles.
@country baller Back when History Channel was actually good.
They did learn his tactics and used them in the battle of 73 easting,routing the republican guard.
Imagine if he survived the War. I'm sure he would've been a great leader for Germany Post WWII. He wanted to bring peace in the end.
I give him full respect and if I were a allied commander I would send a rescue mission with paratroopers.
Erwin Rommel was a legend.
RIP
Desert Fox
1891-1944
yay love ur name
Another german
Your name killed me XD
GERMANS
SUCK
@@johncroagh3527 Found the Frenchman
Rommel was a great commander he fought close with his men and that's really admirable considering the rank he was.
Thank you
German scientists exist:
USA: allow me to introduce myself.
french foreign legion
HANZ: WTF
YOU UTTER FOOL, GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD
And USA steal everything other countries own
Fact: Rommel was born in Heidenheim - "Hero's home" in German.
Heide means heath though ;) Hero is "Held" in german
@@JazzJaRa Don't ruin it
He’s like Thrawn from Star Wars
Yup Admiral Thrawn the guy who was a Alien
Wommy U yep
Thrawn is apparently based on rommel
Jacob Kraus he was written that way sorta
Actually,its more of Grand Moff Tarkim really
Patton had a copy of his book
Woahhh, this is why I love history, this channel and it's audience. Everybody shows appreciation and shares knowledge in the comments, it's amazing
It was also General Norman Schwarzkopf junior favourite book
YER BOI TONY BAMINABONI I GET JOKE IT WAS FROM THE PATTON MOVIE HIS QUOTE WAS DAMMIT RONMEL I READ YOUR BOOK
Patton may have occasionally been a douche, but he was the only Allied general who could match (and perhaps out-match) people like Rommel or Manstein. And for all his unpleasant actions, he did keep his soldiers alive (unlike some other Allied generals).
Hey hey hey, Patton was good, but Bernard Montgomery beat Rommel (though admittedly he did it at a strategic level, where as Patton and Rommel were both better suited to tactics).
...funnily enough, also a douche.
Shout-out to the winners of the 1940 Tour de France!
This is an excellent series. So many people think history is boring. This series is brief but “stuffed” with good info. It induces people to want to watch and learn. Keep up the great work!!!!
General Rommel was an honorable man.
Of course. Even the allies respect him
A true Klingon ...
The embodiment of panzer
Yep in Erlangen there is even a street named after him
He certainly was
a shame thats what happend to Rommel, he realy was a good Commander
And very honorable.
yes very
King Gman, yeah, one of my favorite military leaders in history
same
King Gman Not sure if you seen but biographics did a more detailed look into his life if you want to know more but you may of seen it already
"By his fellows and his enemies he'll be remembered as the desert fox" 🦊
You frgot to mention that during D-Day Rommel was at his home visiting his wife...
Also not mentioned was his success in Africa had a lot to do with having cracked the codes and reading Fellers' daily messages back to US.
*Ghost Division by Sabaton plays in background*
Tide Pod Fast as a wave, The Invasion has begun! Broking Moral, with the sound of blazing guns!
200 hundred miles at night fall, first into hostile land, Tanks leading the Way! Leading the way!
Hmmmm...A ghost division?Cute.Soviets have a ghost ARMY
*THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE*
*BORN TO COMPETE*
*NEVER RETREAT*
*_GHOST DIVISION_*
@@biggene3043 ILVING OR DEAD ALWAYS A HEAD FED BY YOUR DREAD
Fast as the wind, the invasion has begun
Shaking the ground with the force of thousand guns
First in the line of fire, first into hostile land
Tanks leading the way, leading the way
Charging the lines with the force of a furious storm
Fast as the lighting phantoms swarm
200 miles at nightfall, taken within a day
Thus earning their name, earning the fame
They are the panzer elite, born to compete, never retreat (ghost division)
Leaving or dead, always ahead, fed by your dread
Karl XII GHOST DIVISION!!!! (Love your sabaton reference)
Karl XII I love it.
Karl XII when u play to much hoi4 lol
GHOST DIVISION!!!!!!!
During Operation Desert Storm a lot of guys had a picture of Rommel in their armored vehicles.
Still do
Ottomans: we're the best desert fighters
Romel: let me indruct my self
You missed the best part.
The english had so much respect for him that when he died one battalion went a full day on with out a helmed as a way to show there respect to him
(Sorry for al the typos dont feel the need to translate it correctly )
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They should name a tank after Rommel
We don't have tanks we just export them.. And they are busy with banning old Wehrmacht songs anyway so..
Minimon you're German?
Lets come up with one piece by piece, shall we?
yes
Who should the company be? We could try and bring back the Panzer name, using Mercadies-Benz, seeing how the Mercs are part of the defunct Daimler-Benz, responsible for the Panzers. Or bring back Krupp and Rheinmetall, possible for the Leichttraktor. We could also try Porsche.
my grandpa fought against him in Africa. he said if Romel was in charge they would have won the war
This was in my recommended section under "sabaton - ghost division"...
Makes a sense
Rommel should've been allowed to see the end of the war.
Um, his death sadly, is what happens when you serve a monster named Hitler...
@@largol33t1 Um, This was a honourable man not serving Hitler but his country?
@@largol33t1 he’s not serving on hitler ideology he’s serving for germany even his own men loves him
@@largol33t1 wasnt the thing here if the assasins never spoke to rommel or rommel reported the conversation to hitler right away he would still be alive *maybe*
@@largol33t1 Rommel wanna kill Hitler actually
What’s up boys, bout to Blitzkrieg France if you wanna join in.
Yeet
With you the national-socialist germany will win the war.
Sebastian Quiroga they did have him, and still lost
Hey erwin it me
Hello Heinz
My old boss’s name was Rommel and his company’s name was Desert fox refrigeration. What a coincidence.
His company car wasn't an AEC Mammoth, by any chance?
Erwin Rommels Leather long coat from 1942 is located in Marsa Matrouh (Egypt) in the Erwin Rommel museum!
I think you should start a series for WW2 generals and also admirals
recommendations:
-Heinz Guderian
-Erich Von Manstein
-Georgy Zhukov
-Karl Dönitz
-Isokoru Yamamoto
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Yes they should
Friedrich Paulus
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kunio Nakagawa
Walther Mödel
Helmuth Weidling
Jöchen Peiper
Lesley J. McNair
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Lloyd Fredendall
-Italo Balbo
-Pietro Badoglio
-Giovanni Messe
-Rodolfo Graziani
-Emilio De Bono
-Inigo Campioni
Walther Wenck deserves a spot in this list
I once read somewhere that Rommel refused to hand over Jewish PoWs to the Nazis, opting to hide them amongst other PoWs whilst in Africa.
I also read that he treated all of his prisoners with absolute respect. Often mingling and chatting with them to put them at ease.
PauseForGames and he didn't commit any war crime
Nico Gallos didn’t he execute a prisoner?
Yes he ordered an execution of a French officer who refused couple times to cooperate, but being debated whether it's legal or not because the officer didn't act as a PoW.
Yeah i believe he even paid the occupied country's people that constructed his trenches, and that he never let his men fire upon retreating forces
there were actually a couple of instances where this happened, most notably when Rommel refused to turn over one British SAS officer who was Jewish. Nothing below the board, Rommel simply refused to do so, knowing that Hitler couldn't really do anything to him because of his status to the German people and importance to the war effort. of course, this made Hitler want to kill him, really since long before the attempt on his life. Thus, When the possibility of his involvement came up, Hitler jumped on the opportunity to get rid of him as he had become too popular while holding a position opposing Hitler's own, thus making him the potential leader of any major rebellion
Source: Knight's Iron Cross, a biography of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
Finally all what i've wanted for long time
Happy Birthday, my beloved Field Marshal 💛
THANK YOU😁
Erwin Rommel LOL
Patton is the best
Hahahaha
Erwin Rommel lol 😂
Erwin Rommel Jaja, unser Rommel. :-)
I wish he was captured by the allies (so he could survive) or he just survived one more year
Yeah, wished he was captured in mid of France so the Allies could talk with him and such
Men that will sit beside him will probably be Eisenhower, Montgomery, Patton and Bradley.
he likes his family and country the first option would be a tragic destiny
hey, i didn't take the poison and i ran away
BRUH
*"The only leader you can truly follow is the one who fought with you side by side."*
- Unknown user
Do a video on the Great Emu War. Basically where Australians tried to kill a bunch of their Emus to stop them from attacking Farmers and Crops.
will do
And lost! Somehow
Simple History omg i cant waittt 😍
They only killed like 5 of them
And finally ended with nuclear strikes in in 1950's on Emu Field under the guise nuclear test operation Totum.
It's sad to see such a great mind, who most likely would've been a force for good had he been born in any other country, going to waste.
He was brit.
@@Etzelsschizo bruh
If Rommel would have been a British officer he would have been removed from military service for ignoring orders too often.
He was
I love Rommel and his ways of fighting
@ It’s by history of him, not what you think
4:42 german army coffin dance lol
Lol
Make a video of it
NOOOO DON’T 😭
FFS
Do a video on general patton
Rommel was known to be very Chivalrous to his enemies, and allies. Montgomery and other allied generals respected Rommel, even on the battlefield.
Rommel was stationed in my Hometown till 1916 with the Infanterie-Regiment 124
Kudos to you guys for not giving biased bs, just straight facts and respect where it's due.
My great grandfather fought against his tanks in Africa in WW2
He fought against his own tanks? He had HIS OWN tanks?
IETCHX69 he means that he's british grandfather fought against Africa Korps
CaptButters 935 Bet he wasn't a Crusader tanker.
Yeah my black Jewish SS grandma fought with Erwin Romm el back in the day also.
Jackson307 my great grandad was a desert rat, punching holes in fuel depots and air strips :D
What does the desert fox say?
“Blitzkrieg”
Get some help
Call the child protection services!! NOW!
5 years late dude
Eddieliusa Li KILL THE USA
Eddieliusa Li Well actually he wouldn't since blitzkrieg was a name given to German tactics by the allies and German officers who did hear of the blitzkrieg title were actually surprised.
The desert German uniform is so cool
Probably one of the few German commanders in WW2 who wasn’t evil at heart.
Mannstein fought for Germany too, and not the swastika
Oy vey
Jokes on you i never died, i live on in our memories!
Kenny DaPlayer Magic.
Yes you do my hero,YES YOU DO
Another historical Ghost or Spirit or Angel. I know how you feel....
Rommel where is fegelien
Rommel, you are alive?!
*Plays Sabaton- Ghost Division*
They are the Panzer elite.
Born to Compete
Never Retreat
(Ghost Division)
Living or dead
Always ahead
Fed by your dread
FAST AS THE WIND
THE INVASION HAS BEGUN
Shaking the ground
With the force of a thousand guns
First in the line of fire,
first into hostile land