Erwin Rommel

…Hence, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel writes, Italy's treachery is official.…

…Commonwealth forces that had recently been winning handily against the Italians suddenly found themselves bundled backward in confusion, vehicles breaking down, columns getting lost, the whole orderly machinery of an army coming apart at high speed.…

…The speed of it caught nearly everyone off guard, including, by some accounts, the Fox himself, who had a habit of advancing faster than his own supply officers thought was wise and then daring the situation to prove him wrong.…