Out of the Rat Trap: Desert Adventures with Rommel
Max Reisch was a German travel writer prior to the outbreak of World War II, when on being forced to join the army he became a captain and specialist in motor vehicles, which led him to commanding a motor vehicle unit in Rommel's Afrikakorps. His memoir records his time with Rommel and his ingenious escape when the campaign collapsed in 1942-43. Alison Falls is a fluent German and French speaker, translator, and lecturer.