German field marshal (1891-1944)
People connected to Erwin Rommel
The Wehrmacht field marshal who commanded Axis armor in North Africa earned the nickname "Desert Fox" from both sides—and after the war became the template for how the West wanted to remember the German military: allegedly apolitical, chivalrous, and conveniently dead before the full reckoning.
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was born 15 November 1891 and decorated for valor on the Italian Front in World War I, earning the Pour le Mérite. In 1937 he published Infantry Attacks, a tactics manual drawn from that experience. When war returned he led the 7th Panzer Division into France in 1940, then took command of German and Italian forces in North Africa, where his handling of armor made him one of the war's ablest tank commanders. He pledged allegiance to the Nazi regime after 1933 and remained loyal to Hitler, though not to the party or the SS. In 1944, commanding forces against the Norma…
Sourced, dated quotes from Erwin Rommel
Be an example to your men in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't, in your endurance of fatigue and privation.
The German soldier has astonished the world; the Italian Bersagliere has astonished the German soldier.
One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.
Gentlemen, you have fought like lions and been led by donkeys.
Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
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