Patton Versus Rommel

Patton vs. Rommel is a computer wargame designed and programmed by Chris Crawford for the Macintosh and published by Electronic Arts in 1986.

If the German side can effectively counter and stall the Allied attacks and prevent a breakthrough, the Rommel player will usually win.

In real history, the Allies eventually broke through and surrounded several German panzer and infantry divisions, which were decimated as they attempted to escape through the Falaise Gap.

Crawford elected to focus the game's design on fog of war and the personalities of American general George Patton and the German field marshal Erwin Rommel.

In real life the two were never involved together in a major confrontation, as Rommel was wounded in 1944 and later forced to commit suicide (due to his association with the anti-Hitler conspirators of the July 20 plot), before Patton had command in large-scale land operations.