Time to take a look at Rommel’s perspective on the weeks following the D-Day invasion. For this we look at his two situation reports, one from 11th June 1944, so 5 days after the landings and one from 15th July 1944. The reports will be provided with context like front lines, current research, further information in people mentioned and assessment if his reports were valid or not.

Cover Images:
Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1977-018-13A / Otto / CC-BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, Generaloberst Rommel.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A,_Erwin_Rommel(brighter).jpg
Colorization & Transitions by vonKickass.

Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent: NAIL Control Number: A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. NLR-PHOCO-A-7298, public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings#/media/File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg

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Ose, Dieter: Entscheidung im Westen 1944: der Oberbefehlshaber West und die Abwehr der alliierten Invasion. Helios: Aachen, Germany, 2013.

Lieb, Peter: Unternehmen Overlord: Die Invasion in der Normandie und die Befreiung Westeuropas. C.H. Beck: München, Germany, 2014.

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[June 11, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004629044/

[July 15, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5701s.ict21040/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_United_States_Army_Group

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