Rommel's Ghost Division: Dash to the Channel - 1940

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

David Mitchelhill-Green (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2024
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-5267-1517-3 (ISBN)

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A new and richly illustrated account of Erwin Rommel and the 7th Panzer Division known as the Ghost Division' during the 1940 Battle for France. 2020 marks the 80th anniversary since the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

Adolf Hitler invaded Western Europe on 10 May 1940. General Erwin Rommel was at the forefront of the 7th Panzer Division as it crossed the River Meuse in Belgium and punched through the Maginot Line into northern France. An audacious drive toward the English Channel followed. With no prior experience in leading an armoured division in combat, Rommel moved with speed and nerve, frequently surprising and overrunning French units in what he termed a 'lightning Tour de France'. His so-called 'Ghost Division' reached the Channel coast on 10 June, a jubilant Rommel signalling : 'Am at sea.'

Over the past thirty years David Mitchelhill-Green has travelled the globe in search of lost stories from the Second World War. His photographic investigations have featured in the magazine _After the Battle_ and national newspapers. David is the author of _Rommel in North Africa_; _With Rommel in the Desert_; _Air WAR over North Africa_; _Fighting in the Ukraine_ and _Tobruk 1942_. Several years in Japan led to an interest in Japanese history and the co-authoring of _Castles of the Samurai_ and _Samurai Castles_. David lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife Jennifer and two children.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2022
Reihe/Serie	Images of War
Zusatzinfo	200 images
Verlagsort	South Yorkshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
ISBN-10	1-5267-1517-1 / 1526715171
ISBN-13	978-1-5267-1517-3 / 9781526715173
Zustand	Neuware