After the first world war, he served as the battalion commander of the infantry battalion and the instructor of the Army Military Academy. 1936 September as commander of Hitler's guard force. 1937 published the book Infantry Attack, which runs through the offensive spirit of German military theory and puts forward "attack, attack, attack!" He emphasized the importance of developing firepower, which was appreciated by Hitler. 1938, Rommel was promoted to the commander of the Fuehrer's base camp and won the rank of Major General.
1940 February as the 7th armored division commander. In the Battle of France, he led the 7th Armored Division across France to Cherbourg. Its attack speed is fast and its advancing distance is far, which won the title of "the devil's teacher" for the division.
194 1 year 1 month, Italy's foundation in north Africa was about to collapse, and Hitler chose Rommel as the general of the German African army. After he arrived in North Africa, he reversed the war situation in North Africa in less than two months, occupied the whole cyrenaica area except bloody sand, and blew a Rommel whirlwind in the desert. On June 15, the British army launched a large-scale attack on him, code-named "Tomahawk". Rommel defeated the edge of the British army in mobile operations and won. After this battle, Rommel was promoted to general. 1 1 month 18, Churchill sent more troops to Africa and relaunched the attack codenamed "Crusader". After the initial victory in the counter-offensive, Rommel personally led the main African forces to advance eastward, crossing the border with Egypt, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the British army, which made the British army panic, but the British army continued to attack. Rommel rear tight, lack of fuel, had to retreat. 1942 1 month, Rommel withdrew his troops to Brega port in a planned way. After being supplemented, Rommel attacked again, quickly broke through the British defense, occupied bloody sand, and conquered cyrenaica. Because of his outstanding achievements in the African battlefield, Rommel won the reputation of "the fox in the desert". 1June, 942, Rommel, who was only 5 1 year old, was promoted to German Marshal, reaching the most brilliant peak of his life.
Rommel marched into North Africa, traveled more than 500 kilometers in less than 10 days, and arrived in Alaman. However, the long front of the troops increased the difficulty of supply, and the troops lost their offensive and had to suspend their offensive. The British army has strengthened its presence in North Africa. 1942 10 In October, General Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army, launched an attack codenamed "Light Step" against Rommel. Rommel's army was short of ammunition and was in danger of being wiped out. He ignored Hitler's orders and ordered a retreat. 1 1 On September 9th, Rommel withdrew from Egypt and returned to Libya.
Rommel fought in North Africa in 194 1.
1943 1 1 month, Rommel became the commander of group B and was ordered to strengthen the "Atlantic barrier" fortifications. He emphasized the argument that "the enemy must be defeated on the coast" and advocated deploying armored forces not far from the coast, but it was opposed by most senior officers headed by Lund, commander of the Western Front. 1on June 6, 944, the allied forces landed in Normandy, and Rommel commanded the division of Group B to fight hard. Because the German armored reserve could not get to the battlefield in time, and the Allies had strong fire support from air and sea artillery, Rommel drove the allied landing troops out of the sea and planned to go bankrupt. Rommel's car was also attacked by allied planes, and he miraculously survived after many injuries. 19441October14th, Rommel, who was recovering, committed suicide by taking poison because he was accused of participating in the murder of Hitler on July 20th.
Rommel is the most famous Nazi general. He integrated the offensive spirit of German military theory into military command, was good at catching fleeting fighters, dared to squeeze through the crowd and decisively launched a close attack. Churchill once said of Rommel: "Although we killed each other in the catastrophe of the war, please allow me to say that he was a great general."