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    Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (pronounced [ˈɛʁviːn ˈʁɔməl] ; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during...
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  • Rommel myth, or the Rommel legend, is a phrase used by a number of historians for the common depictions of German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel as...
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    numerous foreign honours. He was the only son of Wehrmacht field marshal Erwin Rommel and his wife Lucia Maria Mollin (1894–1971), and contributed to the establishment...
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  • Group Africa was activated with newly promoted General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel in command. The Panzer Group controlled the Afrika Korps and other units...
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    Herrlingen is also the final resting place of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Erwin Rommel was inter alia the Commander of the Afrika Korps and was competent...
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  • Rommel is a 2012 German television film first shown on Das Erste. It is a dramatisation of the last days of German general Erwin Rommel. This made-for-TV-movie...
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    use of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel as its role model. Numerous critics take issue with the Bundeswehr's reverence towards Rommel as its primary role model...
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    was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The Afrika Korps formed on 11 January 1941 and one of Adolf Hitler's favourite generals, Erwin Rommel, was designated as...
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    Marshal Erwin Rommel, the street address of the base is Gfm.-Rommel-Straße 1 (1 Field Marshal Rommel Street). The base shares its name with the Rommel Barracks...
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    soldier after the war. He served as chief of staff to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel during the Second World War and was promoted to lieutenant general in...
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  • Walburga Stemmer (category Rommel family)
    German field marshal Erwin Rommel and gave birth to his daughter, Gertrud Stemmer (later Mrs. Gertrud Pan), on 8 December 1913. Rommel's family put pressure...
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    capacity, he played a key role in the forced suicide of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Burgdorf committed suicide inside the Führerbunker on 2 May 1945 at...
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  • Marshal Erwin Rommel in World War II. It stars James Mason in the title role, was directed by Henry Hathaway, and was based on the book Rommel: The Desert...
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    days each month were deemed suitable. Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and developing fortifications along the Atlantic...
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  • The Rommel Papers is the collected writings by the German World War II field marshal Erwin Rommel published in 1953. The book included Rommel's writings...
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  • engineer battalion, and an anti-tank battalion. Newly promoted General Erwin Rommel, who had served on Hitler's staff during the Invasion of Poland, was...
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  • Erwin Rommel was a German World War II field marshal. Rommel may also refer to: Rommel (surname) Rómmel, a surname Rommel (film), a German television...
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    Second Battle of El Alamein (category Erwin Rommel)
    Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika/Armata Corazzata Africa, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), composed of German and Italian tank and infantry units, had advanced...
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    & Disaster". www.britannica.com. nd. Retrieved 2023-10-09. Rommel's Ride. Erwin Rommel e il battaglione da Montagna del Wurttemberg da Caporetto al...
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    Battle of Kasserine Pass (category Erwin Rommel)
    campaign of World War II. The Axis forces, led by Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, were primarily from the Afrika Korps Assault Group, the Italian Centauro...
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  • Erwin Rommel Rommel: The Desert Fox, a 1950 biography of Erwin Rommel by Desmond Young The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, a 1951 movie about Erwin Rommel...
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  • the depot and meet Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (Wolfgang Preiss). During a friendly dispute over philately between Rommel and Tarkington, Foster notices...
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    Cecilienhof at Potsdam watched.: 11–15  The extent of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel's involvement in the military's resistance against Hitler or the 20 July...
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    location of the main Allied landings. Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in charge of developing fortifications all along Hitler's proclaimed...
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    engagement on between the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee commanded by Erwin Rommel of Germany and Ettore Bastico of Italy, who held the town, and the British...
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    Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), attempted an envelopment of the British Eighth Army (Lieutenant-General...
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    He also carried a cyanide pill as a last resort. German field marshal Erwin Rommel was forced to commit suicide with a cyanide pill following his implication...
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    Tripoli under Directive 22 (11 January). The Afrika Korps (Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel) was formally under Italian command, as Italy was the main Axis power...
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    Operation Sonnenblume (category Erwin Rommel)
    of the new Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), commanded by Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel, departed Naples for Africa and arrived on 11 February 1941. (In the...
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    October 1939, he relinquished command of the 7th Panzer Division to Erwin Rommel in 1940, and was appointed as commander of XL. Armeekorps on 15 February...
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