{"id":72800,"date":"2022-07-29T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=72800"},"modified":"2022-07-28T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:07:33","slug":"why-ghost-division-what-did-rommel-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/07\/29\/why-ghost-division-what-did-rommel-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ghost Division? What did Rommel do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hOpQSUwF45w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Military History Visualized<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Feb 2019<\/p>\n<p>Why was Rommel&#8217;s 7th Panzer Division called <em>Gespensterdivsion<\/em> \u2013 the &#8220;Ghost Division&#8221;? From all we know it earned this name during the Battle of France.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb\u00bb SUPPORT MHV \u00ab\u00ab<br \/>\n\u00bb paypal donation &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/mhvis\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/paypal.me\/mhvis<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb patreon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/mhv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/mhv<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb subscribe star &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/mhv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/mhv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb\u00bb MERCHANDISE &#8211; SPOILS OF WAR \u00ab\u00ab<br \/>\n\u00bb shop &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmxVTVFHQ05tdTg1clFqaWp4YVIwRTdUR2N0QXxBQ3Jtc0trUWhhVGZ1N1RaN3JfUnVxWFN1SXhaaXp6NDVaU2tTeEt1M1hiZGR3Y2JxcGdjV3pHRVFOMnBWRUlOYUp6MVZCNnBQQzFUb3drVmNwYWxFdTZBcmZURU44cmlUbGxMeFFNNTRjbHVlc3VXZWJxcVpFUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fpeople%2Fmhvis%2Fshop\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/mhvi&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES \u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Frieser, Karl-Heinz: <em>Blitzkriege-Legende. Der Westfeldzug 1940. 4. Auflage<\/em>. Oldenbourg Verlag: M\u00fcnchen, 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Sigg, Marco: <em>Der Unterf\u00fchrer als Feldherr im Taschenformat. Theorie und Praxis der Auftragstaktik im deutschen Heer 1869 bis 1945<\/em>. Ferdinand Sch\u00f6ningh: Paderborn, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00f6hlmann, Markus: <em>Der Panzer und die Mechanisierung des Krieges: Eine deutsche Geschichte 1890 bis 1945<\/em>. Ferdinand Sch\u00f6ningh: Paderborn, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Gro\u00df, Gerhard P.: Mythos und Wirklichkeit. <em>Die Geschichte des operativen Denkens im deutschen Heer von Moltke d. \u00c4. bis Heusinger (Zeitalter der Weltkriege, Band 9)<\/em>. Ferdinand Sch\u00f6nigh: Paderborn, 2012. (ENGLISH VERSION BELOW)<\/p>\n<p>Gro\u00df, Gerhard P.; Zabecki, David T. (Ed.): <em>The Myth and Reality of German Warfare: Operational Thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger<\/em> (Foreign Military Studies), University Press of Kentucky, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Citino, Robert M.: <em>The German Way of War. From the Thirty Years&#8217; War to the Third Reich<\/em>. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Citino, Robert M.: <em>Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm. The Evolution of Operational Warfare<\/em>. Kansas University Press: US (2004). (Thank you to Phil for sending me this book from my wish list!)<\/p>\n<p>Nord, Philip: <em>France 1940. Defending the Republic<\/em>. Yale University Press: New Haven and London, UK, 2015<\/p>\n<p>H. Dv. 470\/7: <em>Ausbildungsvorschrift f\u00fcr die Panzertruppe. Heft 7 Die mittlere Panzerkompanie. May 1941<\/em>. 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