- Born
- November 15, 1891
- Died
- October 14, 1944 (aged 52)
- Known as
- military officer, resistance fighter, Generalfeldmarschall
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, known as The Desert Fox, was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. He served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and Imperial German Army of the German Empire.
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