ROMMEL DECORATED
Germans Contradict Previous Admissions VON ARNIM IN TUNISIA Rec. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, May 11. A German High Command statement quoted by Berlin radio says that Rommel was in Germany under medical treatment when the British began their offensive at El Alamem. He returned to Africa against the advice of his doctors and nad to remain after the landing of British and American forces in French North Africa. The field-marshal's health deteriorated and the Fuehrer ordered him, after reaching the Gabes position, to return to Germany. On March 11 he reported at the Fuehrer's headquarters and received a decoration from Hitler, "who will entrust him with a new task after his complete recovery." It is officially announced in Berlin that von Arnim is still with his troops in Tunisia. Algiers radio announced that an officer picked up when the navy sank three small craft was a German general.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 111, 12 May 1943, Page 3
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