Is it true that he was an absolute clown of a strategist with

I heard Hitler only kept him around because he was a manlet.

manlets when will they lernen hehe

>>2003864
Nah that was Patton.
Rommel dindu nuffin

>>2003864


Yes.

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a348413.pdf

Rommel was at best a decent divisional commander, he had shown this in france. But yes you are correct, he had no concept of logistics and supplies, ran his army till it was exhausted in north africa then was promoted for it.

Probably one of the most inflated generals in history.

>>2003864
I can't call him a clown but he was definitely incapable of long-term planning, His style was to conastantly attack. Launching suprise offenses while his enemies were unprepared was his primary tactic. He often flew a plane over the battlefield to see how things are going. The thing is, his style had a serious flaw. A well-trained, well-organised force was a lot less likely to break and rout and a lot more likely to launch an immediate counter-offence. And a counter-offence meant failure for Rommel and his forces because he had no concept of logistics.

>>2003925
Nice cute theory but Rommel didn't lose Africa to a counteroffensive. He was defending a fixed location and got BTFO.

>>2003931

>What is Crusader
>What is El Alamein