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ROMMEL, ERWIN J.

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ROMMEL, ERWIN J.
<b>217. ERWIN J. ROMMEL</b> (1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defended Normandy and ultimately was forced to commit suicide due to his implication in the Hitler bomb plot. Rare good content war-date A.L.S. "<i>Erwin</i>", 2pp. 4to., [Cantonment area], Jan. 4, 1940 in German to his wife Lucie. In small part: <i>"...The hunt yesterday was fabulous. I am still tired in a good sort of way...The event started nicely...the hunt began, assisted by the sons and daughters as game flushers...the domestics, reinforced by thirty Polish prisoners, flushed the game...No news here. The Fuhrer is apparently still at the Berghof [Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden]. [Gen. Eduard] Dietl will probably be transferred to our troops...Heartiest greetings and a kiss for you both [wife and son Manfred]...</i>". Dietl was indeed later commanding troops with Rommel, but only after his brilliant seizure of Narvik in February, 1940. A month later, Rommel assumed command of the 7th Panzer Div. which a few months hence would cross the Meuse into France. Fine condition.<b>$2,500-3,500</b>