Three of them—British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and U.S. Gen. George Patton—arrest the imagination nearly 80 years after the guns fell silent.

Patton’s force was containing some of Rommel’s strength, but not effectively harassing it. On the Ground.

Rommel was executed, and was given the privilege of being his own executioner. Rommel wrote two military books before the war that became famous: “Infantrie greift an” and “Panzer greift an” ...

Dueling Rommel. Patton saw his life as one long joust with the world. In peacetime, he trained himself for war as a medieval knight training for battle.

The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel Lloyd Clark. Atlantic Monthly, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6022-5 ...

Patton and Rommel are well-known for their panzer corps, Nimitz and Yamamoto for their aircraft carrier fleets while Goering and MacArthur for their air forces – all of them are one and only.

Generals Patton and Rommel and D-Day Former U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien spoke about the impact that Generals George Patton and Erwin Rommel had on the June 6, … ...