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Also Known As the Desert Fox • der Wüstenfuchs • Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel
Born November 15, 1891 • Germany • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died October 14, 1944 (aged 52) • near Ulm • Germany
Role In Battle of France • Battles of El-Alamein • July Plot • Normandy Invasion • North Africa campaigns • World War II

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Erwin Rommel in military uniform, seen from behind, stands with other soldiers reviewing a battlefield with wrecked vehicles and debris near Tobruk, Libya, around 1941.
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