HITLER'S NEW COMMAND STRUCTURE AND THE ROAD TO DEFEAT: A Study through Field Marshals Kesselring, Rommel and Model

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Examines three exceptional German field marshals -- Kesselring, Rommel, and Model -- highlighting their skills and challenges amid Hitler's shifting loyalties. Kesselring, who was diplomatic, charming, and known as Smiling Albert, gained a reputation in Italy as an expert in defence, and his Allied code name was The Emperor. Rommel possessed exceptional qualities of command and leadership, but also relentless ambition. Model fought defensive battles in a way hardly matched by any other German general. He had the immense capability of keeping his nerve, but his skills as a commander were not matched by a diplomatic personality.