<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Field Marshal Erwin Rommel </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (c. 1942) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Birth name </Th> <Td> Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nickname (s) </Th> <Td> "The Desert Fox" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> (1891 - 11 - 15) 15 November 1891 Heidenheim, Württemberg, German Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 14 October 1944 (1944 - 10 - 14) (aged 52) Herrlingen, Württemberg, Nazi Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Buried </Th> <Td> Cemetery of Herrlingen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Allegiance </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> German Empire (1911--1918) </Li> <Li> Weimar Republic (1919--1933) </Li> <Li> Nazi Germany (1933--1944) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Service / branch </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Army of Württemberg </Li> <Li> Reichsheer </Li> <Li> German Army </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years of service </Th> <Td> 1911--1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Td> Generalfeldmarschall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Commands held </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 7th Panzer Division </Li> <Li> Afrika Korps </Li> <Li> Panzer Army Africa </Li> <Li> Army Group Africa </Li> <Li> Army Group B </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Battles / wars </Th> <Td> See battles <P> World War I </P> <Ul> <Li> First Battle of the Argonne (1915) </Li> <Li> Masivul Lesului and Oituz Campaigns (1916--1917) </Li> <Li> Battle of Caporetto (1917) </Li> </Ul> <P> World War II </P> <Ul> <Li> Invasion of Poland </Li> <Li> Fall of France <Ul> <Li> Battle of Arras (1940) </Li> <Li> Siege of Lille (1940) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> North African Campaign <Ul> <Li> Operation Sonnenblume (1941) </Li> <Li> Siege of Tobruk (1941) </Li> <Li> Operation Brevity (1941) </Li> <Li> Operation Battleaxe (1941) </Li> <Li> Operation Crusader (1941) </Li> <Li> Battle of Gazala (1942) </Li> <Li> Battle of Bir Hakeim (1942) </Li> <Li> First Battle of El Alamein (1942) </Li> <Li> Battle of Alam Halfa (1942) </Li> <Li> Second Battle of El Alamein (1942) </Li> <Li> Battle of El Agheila (1942) </Li> <Li> Battle of the Kasserine Pass (1943) </Li> <Li> Battle of Medenine (1943) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Battle of Normandy (1944) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Iron Cross, First Class </Li> <Li> Pour le Mérite </Li> <Li> Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Lucia Maria Mollin (m . 1916) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relations </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Manfred Rommel (1928--2013), son </Li> <Li> Gertrud Stemmer (1913--2000), daughter </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Field Marshal Erwin Rommel </Th> </Tr>

Who commanded the german afrika korps and was known as the desert fox