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'''Erwin Rommel''', also known as '''the Desert Fox''' (1891-1944) was a German field marshal during [[World War II]]. He was nicknamed the "Desert Fox" for his tactical genius as commander of the Afrika Korps from 1941 to 1943.
'''Erwin Rommel''', also known as '''the Desert Fox''' (1891-1944) was a German field marshal during [[World War II]]. He was nicknamed the "Desert Fox" for his tactical genius as commander of the Afrika Korps from 1941 to 1943.
Rommel was first noticed by [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1937. He was then appointed command of HQ of [[Czechoslovakia]] and then later in [[Poland]]. After this he was given command of the 7th [[Panzer]] division, because of his wonderful work at HQ. His division moved through [[France]] in June 1940 at a blistering pace, fitting the description of [[Blitzkrieg]]. After his great success in France he was appointed to command the newly formed Deutsches [[Afrika Korps]] and successfully drove the [[British 8th Army]] out of [[Libya]]. His greatest victory was at the Battle of Gazala in June 1942. [[German]] and [[Italian]] troops defeated a British force which was more than twice as large. Ninety-eight thousand [[British Empire]] troops were killed, wounded or captured. He later went on to [[El Alamein]], [[Egypt]], but had been hampered by a lack of supplies and was defeated at the First Battle of El Alamein. A later attempt at breaking through ended in defeat at the Battle of Alam Halfa. Rommel was then forced onto the defensive and was forced to retreat in the wake of the Commonwealth victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Rommel was first noticed by [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1937. He was then appointed command of HQ of [[Czechoslovakia]] and then later in [[Poland]]. After this he was given command of the 7th [[Panzer]] division, because of his wonderful work at HQ. His division moved through [[France]] in June 1940 at a blistering pace, fitting the description of [[Blitzkrieg]]. After his great success in France he was appointed to command the newly formed Deutsches [[Afrika Korps]] and successfully drove the [[British 8th Army]] out of [[Libya]]. His greatest victory was at the Battle of Gazala in June 1942. [[German]] and [[Italian]] troops defeated a British force which was more than twice as large. Ninety-eight thousand [[British Empire]] troops were killed, wounded or captured. He later went on to [[El Alamein]], [[Egypt]], but had been hampered by a lack of supplies and was defeated at the First Battle of El Alamein. A later attempt at breaking through ended in defeat at the Battle of Alam Halfa. Rommel was then forced onto the defensive and was forced to retreat in the wake of the Commonwealth victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.
[[File:Hitler - Arabs' 'strong man' 1942.jpg|thumb|British Admit Fifth Colum In Egypt Is Serious Near East 'Rearguard' Threat' July-1942. As Rommel was pushing into Egypt, noted<ref> [https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/paul-manning Paul Manning | American Air Museum].
Topping, Simon. Northern Ireland, the United States and the Second World War. United Kingdom, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2GxWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PP65 Ch. 4].
Writing for the Newspaper Enterprise Agency (NEA), Paul Manning, a CBS journalist and associate of Edward Murrow.</small ></blockquote></ref> journalist Paul Manning, writing for the Newspaper Enterprise Agency (NEA), in July 1942, that the British admit fifth colum on Egypt is a serious Near East 'Rearguard' threat.:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KXlDAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3 Middlesboro Daily News, Jul 1, 1942.
"British Admit Fifth Colum In Egypt Is Serious Near East 'Rearguard' Threat."
[https://books.google.com/books?id=MWVeAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4 Lawrence Journal-World, Jul 2, 1942] ·
"Fifth Column in Egypt Admitted By British to be Serious Rareguard Threat in Nile Delta."</ref>]]
Rommel's retreat took him the length of North Africa and ended in Tunisia, where the last stand of Axis Forces on the African continent took place at the start of 1943. American and British forces that landed in [[Operation Torch]] in 1942 advanced from the West, whilst British forces under General Montgomery advanced from the South-East, trapping the Axis forces. He was ordered to fly out of Tunisia by [[Adolf Hitler]] after Rommel expressed pessimism about the chances of a successful defence of North Africa. He arrived back in Germany on March 9.
Rommel's retreat took him the length of North Africa and ended in Tunisia, where the last stand of Axis Forces on the African continent took place at the start of 1943. American and British forces that landed in [[Operation Torch]] in 1942 advanced from the West, whilst British forces under General Montgomery advanced from the South-East, trapping the Axis forces. He was ordered to fly out of Tunisia by [[Adolf Hitler]] after Rommel expressed pessimism about the chances of a successful defence of North Africa. He arrived back in Germany on March 9.