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Erwin Rommel — The Afrikakorps commander, 1891–1944
The Afrikakorps’ “Desert Fox”, a respected adversary from Bir Hakeim to El Alamein, then charged with the Atlantic Wall; compromised in the July 1944 plot, he died in October. (Editorial synthesis)
Erwin Rommel was born on 15 November 1891. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Erwin Rommel died on 14 October 1944. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Erwin Rommel died in Herrlingen. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded battle commanded: the Battle of Bir Hakeim (Afrikakorps).
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