4 real historical locations · Egypt, France, Germany, Libya
A 1951 film portraying Field Marshal Erwin Rommel as a brilliant soldier of honour who turned against Hitler after Normandy and was implicated in the July 1944 plot. James Mason's Rommel became the template for the contested myth of the honourable German officer.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Egypt, France, Germany, Libya.
Rommel's Afrika Korps campaigns across North Africa — the strategic genius and ultimate defeat of the Desert Fox.
Rommel's Afrika Korps advanced 1,400 km into Egypt at its peak, threatening the Suez Canal. His defeat at El Alamein in November 1942 — and the subsequent Allied landings in Morocco — ended Axis hopes in North Africa....
View location →Rommel's Afrika Korps is driven back at El Alamein. The film opens with the Desert Fox at the height of his reputation before the twin defeats at Alamein sig...
The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a decisive Allied victory. Churchill said: 'Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.'
View location →Rommel commands Army Group B from this Loire chateau, overseeing the Atlantic Wall defences. Here he grows convinced Germany cannot win and edges toward the ...
La Roche-Guyon was Rommel's actual headquarters from February to July 1944. He was injured in an RAF strafing attack on 17 July 1944, removing him from command days before the plot.
View location →Two SS generals arrive at Rommel's home with an ultimatum: face a show trial for treason or take poison and be given a state funeral. Rommel chooses the pill...
Erwin Rommel died on 14 October 1944 at his home in Herrlingen. He was implicated in the July 20 plot. Hitler allowed the cover story of a brain embolism and gave him a state funeral.
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