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Rommel

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Rom·mel  (rml), Erwin Known as "the Desert Fox." 1891-1944.
German general active in France, Italy, and northern Africa during World War II. After his implication in the July Plot (1944) to assassinate Hitler, he committed suicide.
Rommel (German) [ˈrɔməl]
n
(Biographies / Rommel, Erwin (1891-1944) M, German, MILITARY: general) Erwin (ˈɛrviːn), nicknamed the Desert Fox. 1891-1944, German field marshal, noted for his brilliant generalship in N Africa in World War II. Later a commander in N France, he committed suicide after the officers' plot against Hitler
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Noun1.Rommel - German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)Rommel - German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel
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The extent to which the ferocity of a war fought by young men has been replaced by comradeship among former enemies was underlined this weekend when Schneider met five former Desert Rats, including an ambulance driver who accidentally drove into a German tank position while it was being inspected by Rommel and was promptly sent back to his lines by the field marshal with Schneider at his side.
Rommel's ex-driver recalls exchange of cigs, small talk between ... by Asian News International
But Rommel waved him away - ambulances were not tanks, and for the German General there was no honour in capturing medics.
The Desert Rats and the friend who was once a foe; War veterans ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is a classic example, when in a battle his Afrika Korps mauled the British and advanced hundreds of kilometres that day and in the process captured many prisoners, armour, ammunition, etc.
Why the delay? by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
 
 
 
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