At Gazala in 1942, Erwin Rommel used a bold flanking maneuver to swing his Afrika Korps around the weaker southern end of the British defensive line. Although his forces were temporarily trapped in ...

Erwin Rommel remains one of World War II's most admired commanders – even by his enemies. Here's why the 'Desert Fox' earned ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Erwin Rommel, the World War Two German field marshal celebrated as the brilliant and humane "Desert Fox", is portrayed in a new film as a weak man torn by his loyalty to Adolf ...

The North African campaign transformed Erwin Rommel into one of World War II's most famous commanders. From the stunning victory at Gazala to the long retreat after El Alamein, the Afrika Korps ...

Erwin Johannes Rommel was born in 1891 and he joined the German Army as a cadet in 1910. During World War I he served as an infantry lieutenant with the German Army in Italy, Romania and France. For ...

Erwin Rommel led several German campaigns during the second world war, most notably in north Africa. Late in the war, he was implicated in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. When it failed, Hitler obliged ...

Erwin Rommel (foreground) is played by Ulrich Tukur in the new film A new film about Erwin Rommel has been shown on German television, depicting the general as a weak man undone by his links to Adolf ...

Erwin Rommel, probably the best-known German soldier of the Second World War, was considered to be a chivalrous and humane general, even by the Allied forces who fought him. 19 December 2008 • 1:01am ...