Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel.

 

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel.

 

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel and captured British Major General Sir Victor M. Fortune.

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 - 14 October 1944) was one of the most distinguished German Field Marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname "The Desert Fox" for the skillful military campaigns he waged on behalf of the German Army in North Africa. He was later in command of the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion at Normandy.

Rommel's military successes earned the respect not only of his troops and Hitler, but also that of his enemy Commonwealth troops in the North African Campaign. Following the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, and whilst commanding the defence of Occupied France, his fortunes changed when he was suspected (correctly or incorrectly) of involvement in a failed plot to kill Hitler in 1944. He accepted the offer of taking his own life rather than face a political trial in the Nazi "People's Court".

Rommel ended his own life on 14 October 1944, and was buried with full military honours. After the war, an edited version of his diary was published as The Rommel Papers. He is the only member of the Third Reich establishment to have a museum dedicated to him. His grave can be found in Herrlingen, a short distance west of Ulm.

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