Rommel's Ghost Division: Dash to the Channel 1940 Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Adolf Hitler invaded Western Europe on 10 May 1940. After breaking through the supposedly impenetrable' Ardennes, Erwin Rommel was at the forefront of the Wehrmacht's audacious drive through France. Rommel, who had no prior experience leading an armoured division in combat, moved with such speed and nerve that he frequently surprised French units by arriving far earlier than expected.Crossing the Meuse River, we follow Rommel in what he referred to as practically a lightning Tour de France' as he pushed through northern France to the English Channel. His spectacular victory at the coastal port of Saint-Val ry-en-Caux was crowned by the capture of Cherbourg. Following the armistice, Rommel was involved in re-enacting certain battles, such as crossing the Somme, for the documentary Sieg im Westen (Victory in the West).This is the story of Rommel and the 7th Panzer Division the so-called Ghost Division' in France, 1940.