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[[Image:Rommel.jpg|thumb|300px|Erwin Rommel (center)]]

[[Image:Rommel.jpg|thumb|300px|Erwin Rommel (center)]]

'''Erwin Rommel''' (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 Corps from 1941 to 1943.  Rommel was considered the most feared general of the war until [[homeschooled]] [[American]] [[George Patton]] arrived and routed the [[German]] troops.

'''Erwin Rommel''' (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 Corps 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.