The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.
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The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies
The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies (1891-1944). Rommel's mastery of mobile warfare and his later connection to the anti-Hitler resistance gave him a unique moral stature that separates him from the broader German military leadership.
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