biography
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Rommel, Erwin (Johannes Eugen)
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| lived:
| (1891–1944)
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| biography:
| German field marshal, born in Heidenheim, S Germany. He studied at Tübingen, fought in World War 1, taught at Dresden Military Academy, and became an early Nazi sympathizer. He commanded Hitler's headquarters guard during the early occupations, and led a Panzer division during the 1940 invasion of France. He then commanded the Afrika Korps, where he achieved major successes. Eventually driven into retreat by a strongly reinforced Eighth Army, he was withdrawn, a sick man, from North Africa, and appointed to an Army Corps command in France. Returning home wounded in 1944, he condoned the plot against Hitler's life. After its discovery, he committed suicide. |
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