"Schwarzkopf who describes Rommel as a ""genius at battles of movement"" and explains that ""Look at Rommel. Look at North Africa, the Arab-Israeli wars, and all the rest of them. A war in the desert is a war of mobility and lethality. It's not a war where straight lines are drawn in the sand and [you] say, 'I will defend here or die."" Ariel Sharon deemed the German military model used by Rommel to be superior to the British model used by Montgomery. His compatriot Moshe Dayan likewise considered Rommel a model and icon. Wesley Clark states that ""Rommel's military"
"reputation, though, has lived on, and still sets the standard for a style of daring, charismatic leadership to which most officers aspire."" During the recent desert wars, Rommel's military theories and experiences attracted great interest from policy makers and military instructors. Chinese military leader Sun Li-jen had the laudatory nickname ""Rommel of the East"". The Bundeswehr and Germany's NATO partners recognize Rommel as the modern knight of the Bundeswehr, a highly successful operator of military arts and an apolitical, chivalrous soldier (with several leaders of the Bundeswehr like , Hartmut Bagger and declaring him as their personal role model). This"
"Reichshund Reichshund (""dog of the Empire"") was an informal term used in Germany for ""Reichskanzler"" Otto von Bismarck's dogs and more generally for similar dogs, particularly Great Danes. Germans became able to own dogs freely as a result of the democratisation following the revolution of 1848. Keeping dogs became increasingly fashionable as the 19th century continued, and people in public life often did so as part of their image. Bismarck reportedly took a blonde Great Dane called Ariel with him when he entered the University of Göttingen in 1832. He continued to keep Great Danes throughout the rest of his"
"and the meaning of his own first name, Adolf (""noble wolf""), and he began to train her. One of Blondi's puppies was reserved for Eva Braun's sister Gretl. Eva sent Gretl a letter containing a photo of Blondi and three of her puppies, Gretl's being indicated with an arrow. During his military service in World War I, Hitler rescued a stray white Fox Terrier named ""Fuchsl"". Hitler had great affection for the dog, and, when he was not on duty at the front, he would spend much of his free time playing with the dog in the barracks. Hitler was"
"follow this mostly Siberian military formation all the way to Berlin, where its driver is said to have led the animal to the Reichstag to spit on the ruined building. Other sources relate that Kuznechik was killed in a 1945 German air raid, near the Baltic Sea. Kuznechik reportedly was awarded three wound stripes for injuries during various bombardments of the division as well as the Medal ""For the Defence of Stalingrad"". Kuznechik (camel) Kuznechik (, meaning ""grasshopper"") was a Bactrian camel that became known for following the Soviet Red Army in its advance towards Germany in World War II."
"wife at least one letter every day while he was in the field. After the end of the First World War, the couple settled initially in Stuttgart, and Stemmer and her child lived with them. Gertrude was referred to as Rommel's niece, a fiction that went unquestioned due to the enormous number of women widowed during the war. Walburga died suddenly in October 1928, and Gertrude remained a member of the household until Rommel's death in 1944. A son, Manfred Rommel, was born on 24 December 1928, later served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 to 1996. The German Army's"
"1940 invasion of France. His leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African Campaign established his reputation as one of the most able tank commanders of the war, and earned him the nickname ""der Wüstenfuchs"", ""the Desert Fox"". Among his British adversaries he earned a strong reputation for chivalry, and the North African campaign has often been called a ""war without hate"". He later commanded the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Rommel supported the Nazi seizure of power and Adolf Hitler, although his reluctant stance towards antisemitism, Nazi ideology and level"
"Rommel: The Desert Fox Rommel: The Desert Fox is a 1950 biography of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by Desmond Young. The book was the first biography of Rommel and enjoyed immense popularity, especially in Britain. The book led the Western Allies, particularly the British, to depict Rommel as the ""good German"" and ""our friend Rommel"", contributing to the formation of the Rommel myth. Young had served in North Africa in the Indian Army and was once taken prisoner by Rommel's troops. Young extensively interviewed Rommel's widow and collaborated with several individuals who had been close to Rommel, including Hans"
"1978. Pringle went on to be chief of staff to the Commandant General Royal Marines in 1979 and Commandant General Royal Marines in 1981. On 17 October 1981, he was injured by an IRA car bomb attached to his red Volkswagen car outside his home in Dulwich, South London as he went to take his pet black Labrador, Bella to the park for a run. One of the first questions he asked was, “How's my dog?” His dog, Bella, was unscathed but Pringle lost a leg in the incident. As Commandant General of the Royal Marines, he was seen welcoming"
"Rex (dog) Rex (December 16, 1984 – August 31, 1998) was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel owned by Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy during his term as President of the United States. Rex was bred by dog breeder Irene Murphy of Greenwich, Connecticut. His registered name was Martlet-Or Worcester. Conservative commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. purchased littermate brother Freddy from the breeder and later arranged for President Reagan to purchase one-year-old Rex and give Rex as a Christmas present to his wife Nancy on December 6, 1985. The White House's previous canine occupant, the Reagans' Bouvier des Flandres named"
"him. When Rommel was being considered for appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the summer of 1942, Goebbels wrote in his diary that Rommel ""is ideologically sound, is not just sympathetic to the National Socialists. He is a National Socialist; he is a troop leader with a gift for improvisation, personally courageous and extraordinarily inventive. These are the kinds of soldiers we need."" Despite this, they gradually saw that his grasp of political realities and his views could be very different from theirs. Hitler knew, though, that Rommel's optimistic and combative character was indispensable for his war efforts. When"
"Rigel (dog) Rigel was a large black Newfoundland dog who was said to have saved some of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS ""Titanic"". One account of the story was published in the ""New York Herald"", April 21, 1912, the other was the book ""Sinking of the Titanic and Great sea disasters"" by Logan Marshall, published 1912. However, although the story has been widely reproduced, there is doubt about whether the dog actually existed. Rigel was said to have been owned by William McMaster Murdoch, the First Officer of the . Murdoch died in the sinking, but Rigel"
"Revolutionary War, they provided also comfort for their owners who were far from home. While fighting, both British and American soldiers adopted stray dogs and other animals as they traveled. George Washington, the first President and the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, was integral to the Revolutionary War. While at Mount Vernon, Washington inspected the dog kennels twice a day and visited with his hounds. He was an avid hunter and maintained kennels of foxhounds for this purpose. Though most of his dogs were used for hunting and breeding, he brought along his favorite dog, Sweet Lips, with him when"
"arrival back in England, Bobbie was presented to Queen Victoria, along with several soldiers of the regiment, who received Distinguished Conduct Medals. A year later, Bobbie was accidentally run over and killed by a hansom cab in Gosport. He was stuffed and can be seen today at the regimental museum in Salisbury, decorated with an unknown soldier's Afghan War medal. Bobbie (dog) Bobbie was the name of a British regimental mascot dog, a mongrel from Reading, who accompanied his regiment to Afghanistan and became involved in the disaster of Maiwand. He survived and upon his return to England was presented"
"Bobbie (dog) Bobbie was the name of a British regimental mascot dog, a mongrel from Reading, who accompanied his regiment to Afghanistan and became involved in the disaster of Maiwand. He survived and upon his return to England was presented to Queen Victoria, along with several of his human colleagues. Bobbie belonged to Lance-Sergeant Peter Kelly of the 66th Regiment of Foot (the Berkshire Regiment). He was initially stationed at Brock Barracks, and went overseas with the regiment in the late 1870s. In 1880 the regiment was stationed at the fort in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which had been occupied by the"
"Terrier, Pete the Pup from the movie Little Rascals is a historically well known pit bull. Lesser known, but still historically notable pit bulls include Billie Holiday's companion ""Mister"", Helen Keller's dog ""Sir Thomas"", Buster Brown's dog ""Tige"", Horatio Jackson's dog ""Bud"", President Theodore Roosevelt's Pit Bull terrier ""Pete"", ""Jack Brutus"" who served for Company K, the First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the civil war, Sergeant Stubby who served for the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division during World War I, and Sir Walter Scott's ""Wasp"". Contemporary significant pit bulls are: Weela, who helped save 32 people, 29 dogs, 3 horses,"
"on the Western Front settled into defensive mode. Fewer messages went by foot or bicycle and more by telephone. Hitler's circle of close army friends shown in the photographs also served at headquarters. They laughed at ""Adi"" for his aversion to smutty stories, and traded their jam rations for his tobacco. In early 1915 Lance Corporal Hitler adopted a stray dog he named Fuchsl (little fox), who was taught many tricks and became his beloved companion. Hitler described him as a ""proper circus dog"". In August 1917 the List Regiment transferred to a quiet sector of the front in Alsace."
"his campaign involved canvassing with his Staffordshire Bull Terrier Spike, who wore a union flag waistcoat. This was a tactic Rosindell had employed in previous elections, such as his unsuccessful campaign in Glasgow Provan in 1992. At the 2005 election, Rosindell increased his majority to 11,589, winning 21,560 votes on a 59.1% share. This was the second highest Conservative share of the vote anywhere in the UK. During the election campaign a clash between Labour and Conservative activists distributing leaflets at Romford railway station resulted in the police being called. Rosindell was appointed by Michael Howard to be vice-chairman for"
"by British Commonwealth forces in Operation Compass. His efforts in the Western Desert Campaign earned Rommel the nickname the ""Desert Fox"" from British journalists. Allied troops in Africa were commanded by General Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command. Rommel and his troops were technically subordinate to Italian commander-in-chief General Italo Gariboldi. Disagreeing with the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)'s orders to assume a defensive posture along the front line at Sirte, Rommel resorted to subterfuge and insubordination to take the war to the British. According to Remy, the General Staff tried to slow him down, but Hitler encouraged him to advance—an"
"the United States on one side and the new Federal Republic of Germany on the other. Several of Rommel's former subordinates, notably his chief of staff Hans Speidel, played key roles in German rearmament and integration into NATO in the postwar era. The German Army's largest military base, the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf, is named in his honour. Rommel was born on 15 November 1891 in Southern Germany at Heidenheim, from Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, then part of the German Empire. He was the third of five children of Erwin Rommel Senior (1860–1913), a teacher and school"
"Bosco's occupation. In 1990, the Chinese newspaper the ""People's Daily"" reported on his tenure as an alleged example of the failings of the American electoral process, but in response, Sunol residents commented that the dog's office was ""merely a joke"". A statue of Bosco was erected in front of the town Post Office in 2008. Bosco the dog Bosco Ramos was a dog elected honorary mayor of the unincorporated community of Sunol, California, United States. He was a black Labrador retriever and Rottweiler mix, usually known simply as ""Bosco"". Bosco defeated two humans to win the honorary mayoral election in"
"inability to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa. The British military and political figures contributed to the heroic image of the man as Rommel resumed offensive operations in January 1942 against the British forces weakened by redeployments to the Far East. During parliamentary debate following the fall of Tobruk, Churchill described Rommel as an ""extraordinary bold and clever opponent"" and a ""great field commander."" According to ""Der Spiegel"" following the war's end, West Germany yearned for father figures who were needed to replace the former ones who had been unmasked as criminals. Rommel was chosen because he embodied the"
"Tongdaeng Tongdaeng, with variant spellings like Thong Daeng (; 7 November 1998 – 26 December 2015), was a female copper-colored dog and one of the pets owned by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The king adopted Tongdaeng in 1998 from the litter of a stray dog that had been taken in by a medical center he had recently dedicated. Her name means ""copper"" in Thai. A commemorative block of four postage stamps featuring Tongdaeng was issued by Thailand Post in 2006. Bhumibol called her ""A common dog who is uncommon"", and in 2002 wrote an affectionate biography of her titled"
"the poll. In June 2007, a section of a four-part series on Romney from the ""Boston Globe"" documented how during a family vacation taken in 1983, Romney strapped a kennel with his dog Seamus to the roof of his station wagon for the 12-hour trip from Massachusetts to Ontario. Presented in the articles as an example of Romney's ability to deal with trying circumstances, the incident received nationwide media attention when journalists and animal activists criticized Romney's strapping of the dog to the roof for a 12-hour summer trip. Romney said that the dog had a windshield and he ""jumped"
"Rommel brought forward his retirement from Benghazi and was able to brush the armoured cars aside, untroubled by the stronger force which had yet to arrive. During the eighteen days between the evacuation of Agedabia on 23 November and the beginning of the Battle of El Agheila on 11 December Rommel described disagreements with his political and military superiors and he engaged in fruitless bitter arguments with Hitler, Hermann Göring, General Albert Kesselring ) (""OB Süd"", Army Command South), Ugo Cavallero the Italian chief of staff at ""Comando Supremo"" and the governor of Libya, Ettore Bastico. Rommel wanted to withdraw"
"Erwin Rommel Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the ""Pour le Mérite"" for his actions on the Italian Front. In 1937 he published his classic book on military tactics, ""Infantry Attacks"", drawing on his experiences from World War I. In World War II, he distinguished himself as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the"
"ports on one side and a bridge leading to the door. The fort's design and location was criticized by a number of military engineers, and its armament of six RML 64 pounder 64 cwt guns was changed a number of times before being removed in 1903. In the 1950s the Fort was used by the RAF (100 Signals Unit). During this time the Camp mascot was a dog named Dodger. Later, the dog Rusty and bitch Scrubber were pets on the unit. Scrubber gave birth to 14 puppies, all of which found homes elsewhere on Malta. One of the three"
"had been posted by another Facebook user. The case was finally dropped. A film based on Tongdaeng's biography, ""Khun Tongdaeng: The Inspirations"" (คุณทองแดงดิอินสไปเรชันส์), was released in November 2015. Tongdaeng Tongdaeng, with variant spellings like Thong Daeng (; 7 November 1998 – 26 December 2015), was a female copper-colored dog and one of the pets owned by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The king adopted Tongdaeng in 1998 from the litter of a stray dog that had been taken in by a medical center he had recently dedicated. Her name means ""copper"" in Thai. A commemorative block of four postage stamps"
"troop leader with a gift for improvisation, personally courageous and extraordinarily inventive. These are the kinds of soldiers we need."" Rommel ""exercised an almost hypnotic influence on Hitler"", according to Albert Kesselring, and another colleague called him ""the Führer's marshal"". American writer Rick Atkinson concludes that Rommel was ""loyal in his own fashion and as beguiled by Hitler as steel filings by a magnet ... Hitler was a bulwark against bolshevism, [Rommel] had told staff officers."" Despite this intimate relationship though, he was not provided with basic information on Germany's strategic plan: ""Rommel did not know that smashing the Soviet"
"he was planning to write a book on the raid, 9 out of 10 replied ""What are you going to call the dog?"". He found that the three characters connected with the raid that most people had heard of were Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis and Nigger the dog. Nigger (dog) Nigger was a male black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron. Gibson owned the dog when he was previously a member of 106 Squadron. Nigger often accompanied Gibson on training flights and was a great favourite"
"front, to Alexandria, to be near the troops within earshot of First Battle of El Alamein. There she stayed in an hotel, as the only guest, all others having fled. As Rommel’s advance was halted, she returned to Cairo in July 1942 to welcome the returning evacuees. In 1943, Capt Bill Stanley Moss had found, by sheer chance, a spacious villa in Gezira Island, boasting a great ballroom with parquet floors which four or five people might share rather than live in the SOE hostel, “Hangover Hall”. He moved in alone at first, then bought his Alsatian puppy, Pixie (whose"
"Sinbad (dog) Sinbad (c. 1937 – 30 December 1951) was a mixed-breed dog that was one of two animals to be classified as non-commissioned officers by an arm of the United States military, rather than property, prior to the enactment of regulations to prohibit such (the other being Sergeant Stubby USA, WWI) after being enlisted by the creative crew of . Prior to and after an official retirement, Sinbad was assigned the rank of K9C or ""Chief Dog"" - equivalent to Chief Petty Officer. At the time of the biography written by George Foley, no other member of the United"
"I could not do otherways than accept it.—That Madam says he is the Dog which Mr ...has renderd famous. Baron von Steuben, a Prussian and American military officer, served as inspector general and major general of the Continental Army and played a vital role in leading training and inspection tours for the Continental Army at Valley Forge. Steuben is remembered for many unconventionalities, but perhaps most frequently for his love of dogs. Azor, an Italian greyhound and Steuben's favorite dog, travelled with the Baron wherever he went throughout the war. Azor's name and stories of his relationship with the Baron"