HONOR—ultimate German military Genesis 15:1; 2 Corinthians 12:10 No Better Available General Irwin Rommel figured prominently in Germany’s six-week conquest of France in 1941. Sent to North Africa, he became the legendary commander of the Africa Corps. His brilliant capture of what the British considered an unassailable Tobruk made him a field marshal: the most honored rank in many armies and the ultimate honor for a German soldier, exalting him to a military immortal. In Prussia, a field marshal
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