Book reviews

Rommel's Desert War: The Impact of Logistics on Operational Art.

“…That's your pigeon.' " 16 At the end of March 1941, with only half of his force yet in country, Rommel usurped both his orders and the direction of the Italian Commando Supremo, General Grazziani, (to whom he was nominally subordinate) and launched an attack to the east. That he was consciously acting in contravention of his orders there can be no doubt.…”

“…The forces provided to him by Hitler were equipped to conduct an active defense around Sitte." M Rommel, for his part, did not share the limited intentions of his superiors -perhaps in part because of his natural inclinations, and perhaps in part because he was unaware of Barbarosa 15 . This friction would present itself even prior to the arrival of his main body of forces in Tripoli, and would be manifest in action shortly thereafter.…”