Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, known as the Desert Fox, was a German field marshal during World War II who commanded the Afrika Korps in North Africa and later German forces defending Normandy against the Allied invasion. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Afrika Korps was formed under and commanded by General Erwin Rommel from its 1941 deployment to North Africa
Additional Source Wikipedia: Normandy landingsInfobox: Commanders (German)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Second Battle of El AlameinInfobox: Commanders (Axis)
Fought In
Source Wikipedia: Erwin Rommel
Member Of
Derived from entity-description (backfill w-bfill-g2-0924): "commanded the Afrika Korps in North Africa"
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
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1. Wikipedia: Erwin Rommel
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Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel ... known as The Desert Fox ... was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II.
Infobox: Born
15 November 1891
Infobox: Died
14 October 1944
Fought In: World War II, Opening paragraph, WWII identification sentence
a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II
View the SourceWikipedia: Normandy landings
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Erwin Rommel
Wikipedia: Second Battle of El Alamein
Battles and Wars Led: Second Battle of El Alamein, Infobox: Commanders (Axis)Quote, Battles and Wars Led: Second Battle of El Alamein, Infobox: Commanders (Axis)
Erwin Rommel
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