Rommel’s Ghost Division: Victory in the West

June 1940. In just weeks, General Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division ? dubbed the 'Ghost Division' - had driven headlong through Allied forces in Belgium and France to reach the English Channel. Pushing south along the Channel coast past Le Harve, Rommel's spectacular victory at Saint-Valery-en-Caux was crowned by the capture of Cherbourg. Following the Franco-German Armistice and a victory parade in Bordeaux, cameras rolled as Rommel re-enacted crossing the Somme for the Nazi propaganda documentary Sieg im Westen (Victory in the West). AUTHOR: David Mitchelhill-Green is a freelance historian and photographer. A graduate of Monash University, his books include Hitler's War in Africa 1941?1942, Rommel in North Africa, With Rommel in the Desert, Rommel's Ghost Division, Crossing the Somme, Air War Over North Africa, Fighting in Ukraine and Tobruk 1942. An interest in Japan led to the co-authoring of Castles of the Samurai and Samurai Castles. David lives in Melbourne, Australia. 250 b/w illustrations