He served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Imperial German Army of the German Empire. Rommel was a highly …

Oct 10, 2025 · Erwin Rommel (born November 15, 1891, Heidenheim, Germany—died October 14, 1944, Herrlingen, near Ulm) was a German field marshal who became the most popular …

Erwin Rommel was commander of the German Afrika Korps in North Africa during WWII. Learn about Rommel's military career, death, and ongoing questions around his commitment to Nazism.

Oct 14, 2021 · One of Germany’s most famous military commanders met an inescapable death sentence—not by the hands of the enemy, but by the leaders of his own country. Field …

Sep 13, 2024 · Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was a German field marshal who gained fame as a tank commander in the Fall of France in 1940 and then as the commander of the Afrika Korps …

Feb 17, 2025 · On the surface, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the legendary Desert Fox, was focused on defending the Western Front against the Allied invasion. But beneath his stoic …

Touring Germany, Rommel was appalled at the devastation of the Allied bombing raids and the erosion of the peoples' morale. He also learned for the first time of the death camps, slave …

Oct 14, 2014 · Although Rommel would later become known for his bold battlefield tactics, his sister described him as a gentle and docile child. Developing an interest in mathematics and …

German Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel faced U.S. General Dwight David Eisenhower across the English Channel in 1944 as distant adversaries, each trying to …

Following the war, the Western Allies, and particularly the British, depicted Rommel as the "good German" and "our friend Rommel", adhering closely to the tenets of the myth of the clean …