Erwin Rommel
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Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany. Rommel was injured multiple times in both world wars.
Lieutenant Rommel in Italy, 1917
Rommel and Adolf Hitler in Goslar, 1934
Hitler in Poland (September 1939). Rommel is on his left and Martin Bormann on his right.
Rommel myth
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The 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 an apolitical, brilliant commander and a victim of Nazi Germany due to his presumed participation in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler, which led to Rommel's forced suicide in 1944. According to these historians, who take a critical view of Rommel, such depictions are not accurate.
Rommel at the Paris victory parade, June 1940. Rommel had access to Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels via Karl Hanke, who served under Rommel in 1940.
One of the many Nazi propaganda photographs of Rommel's inspection tours along the Atlantic Wall.
British historian B. H. Liddell Hart's introduction to The Rommel Papers drew comparisons between Rommel and Lawrence of Arabia, "two masters of desert warfare".
An iconic picture of Rommel as the "Common Man", helping to free up his staff car alongside his men.