Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

I read the other day that Hitler was going to send Waffen SS units to North Africa to help fight and Rommel used every bit of persuasion he had to keep them out.

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

You read wrong. Hitler did not provide Rommel with any of the supplies needed to hold the front, and did not plan to send the Waffers into North Africa.

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

damn moof we agree again
best german general
no one could do what he did
he was a great man
this makes me want to nazi bash
for hitler making rommel killing himself
i will go play some COD
bye

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

For those possibly interested in what they are singing in the song.

German:

Ich hatt' einen Kameraden,
Einen bessern findst du nit.
Die Trommel schlug zum Streite,
Er ging an meiner Seite
|: In gleichem Schritt und Tritt. :|

Eine Kugel kam geflogen:
Gilt's mir oder gilt es dir?
Ihn hat es weggerissen,
Er liegt vor meinen Füßen
|: Als wär's ein Stück von mir :|

Will mir die Hand noch reichen,
Derweil ich eben lad'.
"Kann dir die Hand nicht geben,
Bleib du im ew'gen Leben
|: Mein guter Kamerad!" :|


English Translated:

In battle he was my comrade,
None better I have had.
The drum called us to fight,
He always on my right,
|: In step, through good and bad. :|

A bullet it flew towards us,
For him or meant for me?
His life from mine it tore,
At my feet a piece of gore,
|: As if a part of me. :|

His hand reached up to hold mine.
I must re-load my gun.
"My friend, I cannot ease your pain,
In life eternal we’ll meet again,
|: And walk once more as one." :|

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

That was very interesting! Herr GroBadmiral, I would like to see a biography as good as that about Karl Donitz! I don't know much about him exept essential facts and i'm sure many people here don't know him much.. that would be very interesting. Now we should take a moment to think of Rommel and acknowledge is greatness (wow, i think i exagerated a bit there...). Anyway a great general he was.

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

Very nice informative information on Rommel, Donitz.

Rest in Peace Rommel.

You were among some of the best generals Germany had to offer. You proved your worth through incredible comradeship to your men and staff, through times of extreme difficulty. Most importantaly, you demonstrated the definition of war that could be fought without needless discrimination and hate.

I definitely would like to see a mini-bio/rememberence on Dönitz & Hans von Luck.

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

http://uboat.net/men/doenitz.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_D%F6nitz
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...arl%20D%F6nitz

Just do a google, i found some intresiting sites (all on page 1) along time ago using keywords such as "karl dönitz/doenitz/donitz" etc.

Or you could wait until 24 Dec (dönitz died on 24 Dec, 1980) :p


I hate it that he got killed my the nazis (more or less) :mad: If only briefcase bomb attack would have succeeded, maybe we would have streets called after Claus von Stauffenberg and Erwin Rommel then (together with the famous allied commanders). I would love to leave in the "(Fieldmarshal)Rommel street" (or something simular), too bad that that ain't gonna happen :( .

note that i didn't wrote those two articles myself i just did a search for two well written articles. I might write an article on dönitz myself (ofcourse not 100% written by myself or i could sell it in book format :p but a nice artcile with a good deal of self written/added content. Wait until december i think?)

60 years ago... it feels a bit unreal, like a story where one of the main heros dies near the end of it all :(. If he just would have had the opertunity to flee or to desert to the british. Man would it be awesome to see books written by hi or tv interview after the war. I wonder what wouldnt happend to him as soon as the war ended? would he get kicked out of the army? be trialed in the nuremberg trials? sent to jail?

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

good soldier but on the wrong side :(

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

He wouldn't look as cool in those "less-better looking" ( :P ) british uniforms. The atvantages of being on the german side are the cool languages (jawohl!) and ofcourse the uniforms (and of course their armor but that doesnt really apply to an officer/commander so).

They should have succeed in there briefcase bomb attack and put Rommel in charge as Oberbefehlshaber (der armee) or even make him the second führer (like dönitz did became, the succesor) -he would ofcourse have to make peace immidiatly and disband the nazi party and turn germany in a democraty again-.

Re: Rommel - 1891-1944
 

Rommel was cool but my fav is Guderian. "If the tanks succed, victory follows - Heins Guderian" If anyone remeber I used to have that quote in my sig ;).