Rommel, Erwin (Johannes Eugen)
- Rommel, Erwin (Johannes Eugen)
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born Nov. 15, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brentz, Württemberg, Ger.
died Oct. 14, 1944, Herrlingen, near Ulm
A teacher at military academies, he wrote the acclaimed textbook
Infantry Attacks (1937). He commanded a
panzer division in the invasion of France (1940), then led his Afrika Korps troops in early successes against the Allies in the North Africa Campaign. He became known as the "Desert Fox" for his audacious surprise attacks, and he was promoted to field marshal. In 1942 he was ordered to attack Cairo and the Suez Canal, despite his request to withdraw his exhausted troops. After his defeat in the Battles of
El Alamein and retreat into Tunisia, he returned to Germany and in 1944 was given command of the defense of the northwestern French coast. His tactical suggestions were ignored, and after the Allied
Normandy Campaign began, he became convinced that the war could not be won. Implicated in the
July Plot to kill Adolf Hitler, he was ordered to take poison so that Hitler could avoid a trial of the esteemed "people's marshal."
Erwin Rommel, 1941.
Ullstein Bilderdienst, Berlin
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Universalium.
2010.
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