Field Marshal Rommel

He was a highly decorated officer in World War I, awarded the Pour le Mérite for his exploits on the Italian front. In World War II, he further distinguished himself as the commander of the Ghost Division during the 1940 invasion of France. However, it was his leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign that established the legend of the Desert Fox. He is considered to have been one of the most skilled commanders of desert warfare in the war.[1] He later commanded the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion in Normandy.

Rommel is regarded as a chivalrous and humane officer because his Afrikakorps was never accused of any war crimes. Soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been treated humanely; furthermore, he ignored orders to kill captured commandos, Jewish soldiers and civilians in all theaters of his command.[2]

Late in the war, Rommel was convicted of joining the conspiracy against Adolf Hitler. Because of his great prestige, Hitler allowed him to commit suicide rather than be tried and executed. He was buried with full military honors; the reason for Rommel's death only emerged at the Nuremberg Trials.

Rommel was in his lifetime extraordinarily well known not only by the German people but also by his adversaries. Popular stories of his chivalry and tactical prowess earned him the respect of many opponents, including Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill, George S. Patton, and Bernard Montgomery (who named a dog after him). Rommel, for his part, was complimentary towards and respectful of his foes.

The Afrika Korps were never accused of any war crimes, and Rommel himself referred to the fighting in North Africa as Krieg ohne Hass—war without hate. Numerous examples exist of Rommel's chivalry towards Allied POWs, such as his defiance of Hitler's infamous Commando Order following the capture of Lt. Roy Woodridge and Lt. George Lane as part of Operation Fortitude, as well as his refusal to comply with an order from Hitler to execute Jewish POWs. During Rommel's time in France, Hitler ordered him to deport the Jews in France; Rommel disobeyed the order. Several times he wrote letters protesting the treatment of the Jews. When British Major Geoffrey Keyes was killed during a failed commando raid to kill or capture Rommel behind German lines, Rommel ordered him buried with full military honours. Also, during the construction of the Atlantic Wall, Rommel directed that French workers were not to be used as slaves but were to be paid for their labour.[90]

His military colleagues also played their part in perpetuating his legend. His former subordinate Kircheim, though privately critical of Rommel's performance, nonetheless explained: "thanks to propaganda, first by Goebbels, then by Montgomery, and finally, after he was poisoned (sic), by all former enemy powers, he has become a symbol of the best military traditions. ...Any public criticism of this legendary personality would damage the esteem in which the German soldier is held"

After the war, when Rommel's alleged involvement in the plot to kill Hitler became known, his stature was enhanced greatly among the former Allied nations. Rommel was often cited in Western sources as a general who, though a loyal German, was willing to stand up to the evil that was Hitler.

Canção da INFANTARIA

Tribute to the Brazilian infantary , with the brazilian Hymn of the Infantary.

some great engajments of the same.

War with the Paraguai.
WW II.
War of Independance.

Europa Barbarorum - Legion Strong

Roman Legions (218BC-453AD)

Rome Total War: A Conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Goths

Thy byzantine Army leaded by Flavius Belisarius have been chasing a army of barbarian goths for several weeks. But because lack of supplies the barbarians stopped and are facing now the imperial army. The goths have a superior big army, but the romans like always trust in their discipline and in their great commander Belisarius.

Medieval 2 Total War Hastings

Russian Airborne Troops Music Video

video with some parts of the russian airbone troops training , in historical terms , in the times of the soviet union , in WW II they were responsible for the great operation in Dnepr/Kiev involving a temporary corps formation consisting of 1st, 3rd, and 5th Airborne Brigades.

also great participation of then was during the Kosovo War , surprising the NATO with their participation on it.

Sabaton 40-1

Another tribute to the Polish army to the song 40-1 (done by one of the best bands imo)

SABATON-ATTERO DOMINATUS

this music speaks about the last battle in Europe , the siege of Berlim and the massive soviet attack to the city and the fall of the Reich.

Honestly , strategicaly/taticaly speaking , that was an defeat that the Third Reich deserved , in the final years of the war , the responsible for the Ostfront(East Front) was heinrich himmler also the responsible for the SS and it was an failure to deal with the same hardiness as an Field Marshal Model or Manstein for example about the situation in the Eastern Front and halt the soviet snowstorm.

Sabaton-Back in Control

this music from Sabaton speak about the Falkland wars and the british counter attack to the island to retake it from Argentina .

Sabaton - The Price of a Mile

the music explains everything , this music from sabaton speak about the first world war , in details , give how the situation was passing by the trenches , the problens about being resupplyed and of course how in detail was the last medieval war , every mile was an terrain foughted heavaly.

Polish pilots over England

Video clip from the movie Battle of Britain.

Polish Winged Hussars in battle.

Hussars were recruited almost exclusively from among Poland's gentry. They owed, as the price of their titles, military service to the nation. They were required to provide their own horses, arms, retainers, and some had their own private armies. One gained entrance into the Hussars only by experience and training. Families of the gentry usually trained their sons themselves or hired experienced ex-soldiers to do this training. To be a Hussar, you had to be an accomplished horseman, as well as an expert with the lance, saber, and firearms.

They seldom lost a battle, and frequently won against superior forces. They won famous victories in places like Smolensk, Byczyna, Kircholm, Chocim, Beresteczko, and Vienna.

Tiger tank WW2 Fearsome machine

Tiger tank I mechanical explanation .

Battle for the Bulge , Panzerlied sing scene.

the proud crew of the wermacht tanks sing the Panzerlied before the start of the Battle of the Bulge in this movie(this guys sound kind of er...weird dancing in this way for me...lol).

Up Rising ~Erika~

Despite the sad history of the movie...(in relation to one of the Warsaw ghetos during the WW II nothing else to be mentioned...) , well , it is admirable to see how organized is performed the march by the SS panzer division.

Rush For Berlin - Soviet campaign trailer

massive artillary soviet bombardment!

Rush For Berlin - Allied campaign trailer

despite few things like an tiger tank get owned by an single bazooka shoot...found enjoyable the combination of music and the pictures in the video.

Wehrmacht Tribute

tribute to the Heer , Lufftwaffe and Kriegsmarine in WW II.

Panzerlied (Color film)

~Panzer Lied (Tank Song)~

If there's storm or it snows,
Or the sun smiles on us,
The day is burning hot,
Or the night icy cold.
Dusty are the faces,
But joyful is our mind,
Joyful our mind;
Our tank roars ahead
Within the storm wind.