Everyone says he was a genius in the field of tanks! Why do you say this? He read Achtung Panzer and watched Manstein in France! The only reason people think he was such a great commander was because he had fellow German commanders to watch and learn from, Guderian and Manstein! The only reason he is seen as a great commander was because German and British propaganda made it that way. The German's made Rommel look invincible to get the citizens of Germany's eyes away from the horror that was the Soviet Union. The British did it to make up for their incompetent leaders. He was a great commander but doesn't deserve to be talked as highly about as commanders like Guderian, Manstein and Von Rundsted