Erwin Rommel

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (b. 1891) was one of the most distinguished German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname “The Desert Fox” for the skillful military campaigns he waged on behalf of the German Army in North Africa. He was later in command of the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion at Normandy. After Joseph Stalin concluded a peace with Germany in 1943, Rommel had more than enough resources to fight off that invasion.