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Erwin Rommel

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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.

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Birth Date
1891-11-15 1
Birth Year
1891 1
Death Date
1944-10-14 1
Death Year
1944 1
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Battles and Wars Led

Additional Source Wikipedia: Normandy landingsInfobox: Commanders (German)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Second Battle of El AlameinInfobox: Commanders (Axis)

Fought In

World War II, Wars
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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.
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15 November 1891
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14 October 1944
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a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II
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Erwin Rommel
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Erwin Rommel
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