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 ...

In early 1941, British forces believed the North African campaign was won. Then Erwin Rommel landed in Tripoli. Within weeks, ...

The daring exploits of the Afrika Korps secured Rommel a reputation as a brilliant tactician. Dr Niall Barr looks beyond the myth and asks why this legendary commander never achieved a lasting victory ...

BERLIN — The legend of Erwin Rommel is at the center of a growing controversy surrounding an upcoming TV biopic by one of Germany’s leading production companies. The recently wrapped “Rommel,” ...

FRANKFURT — Manfred Rommel, a former mayor of Stuttgart and the son of the World War II field marshal dubbed the ‘‘Desert Fox,’’ has died. He was 84. Mr. Rommel died Thursday. He had suffered from ...

February 1941 brought a decisive shift in North Africa as Britain ended its advance in Libya and diverted men and resources ...

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 Hitler and the dawning ...

Winston Churchill, who served with Kitchener in the Sudan before becoming Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, had a favorite analogy for desert combat. He compared it to naval warfare: a contest ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Rommel demonstrated how superior leadership can sometimes overcome even material disadvantage. All other things being equal, leadership will trump opponents who might ...

A new TV film that tarnishes the 'Good Nazi' image of wartime general Erwin Rommel has drawn withering criticism from members of his family... before a scene has even been broadcast. In a letter ...