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    Rommel's asparagus (German: Rommelspargel - the German word Spargel means '"asparagus"; German pronunciation: [ˈʁɔml̩ˌʃpaʁɡl̩] ) were 4-to-5-metre (13...
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    Charles Marshall interviewed Rommel's widow, Lucia Rommel, as well as from a letter by Rommel's son Manfred in April 1945. Rommel's grave is located in Herrlingen...
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    comparison to the Allies' 9,543. Rommel arranged for booby-trapped stakes known as Rommelspargel (Rommel's asparagus) to be installed in meadows and fields...
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    stakes known as Rommelspargel (Rommel's asparagus) were set up in meadows and fields to deter airborne landings. Rommel, believing that the Germans' best...
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    mines to create minefields, as well as the erection of so-called Rommel's asparagus; a system of wire-braced poles up to two metres in height, a great...
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    and in the Western Front. They were used in France as part of Erwin Rommel's asparagus. Obstacles, such as wooden poles, were used to hinder airborne landings...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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  • Dreibein 34 (a simple high-standing anti-aircraft tripod) mounted MG 42 in front of Rommel's asparagus against aerial invasion...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    troops called Rommelspargel ("Rommel's Asparagus"). Low-lying river and estuarine areas were intentionally flooded. Rommel believed that Germany would inevitably...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    elements reached Angers on 9 June and Saint-Lô on 10 June, by which time Rommel's main concern was in preventing an attack westward from Carentan to cut...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    Colorado: Lynne Rienner. ISBN 1-55587-950-0. Liddell Hart, B.H. (1953). The Rommel Papers (15 ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace. Lucas, James; Barker, James (1978)...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    English Channel and the quickest route into Germany. As a result, Erwin Rommel had taken steps to fortify that area of coastline heavily. Strangeways felt...
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    the most likely force to be committed to a counter-attack. As part of Rommel's strategy to concentrate defenses at the water's edge, the 352nd had been...
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    German supreme commander in the West. After Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel was injured by Allied aircraft on 17 July, Kluge also took over direct command...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    France was invaded in 1940 and the 7th Panzer Division, commanded by Erwin Rommel, entered Normandy, with the objective of capturing Cherbourg Harbor. Saint-Lô...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    of the American forces. The German command was in some confusion. Erwin Rommel and other commanders wished to withdraw their troops in good order into...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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    conscripts to the German army). Under the command of Field Marshals Erwin Rommel and Gerd von Rundstedt, the defences of the Atlantic Wall were heavily upgraded;...
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    Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of the day People of Western Europe speech Rommel's asparagus Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord...
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