Get Rommel

By the summer of 1941 Erwin Rommel was Hitler’s favourite general and had halted the British advance into Libya. He seemed to be unbeatable on the battlefield, so the British planned to kill him.

Marching deep into the desert, a specially trained commando team attacked Rommel’s headquarters. At the same time, the newly created SAS parachuted sabotage teams close to the German airfields to knock out the enemy air forces on the ground.

Michael Asher reveals how these daring raids were practically impossible from the start. But the poor planning and incompetence in high places was matched by the fantastic bravery and brilliant improvisation of the soldiers which enabled a handful of the survivors to escape back to British lines to tell their story.