Erwin Rommel

ABOUT ERWIN ROMMEL

German Field Marshal who was known as 'the Desert Fox' and commanded Axis troops in the WWII North African Campaign. Historians disagree on the full extent of his war crimes and motivations throughout both World Wars.

He built a working, full-scale glider that could travel short distances when he was fourteen years old.

Hitler ordered Rommel to commit suicide by ingesting a cyanide pill; in return, the Nazi Fuhrer assured Rommel that his family would escape persecution.

He married Lucia Maria Mollin in November of 1916, and the couple had one son.

George S. Patton commanded the Allied forces that fought Rommel's troops in Africa.