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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 783936" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>I thought he wrote his name as "Desert Wolf"? If it really is the "Desert Fox" and you are alive I salute you General Rommel the only respectable and noble German from the second world war!!!</p><p> </p><p>Some facts about the real "Desert Fox" since the thread is already way off topic:</p><p><strong>Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel</strong> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Erwin_Rommel-pronunciation.ogg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/De-Erwin_Rommel-pronunciation.ogg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #0645ad">listen</span></span></a> <span style="font-size: 9px">(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #0645ad">help</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 9px">·</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Erwin_Rommel-pronunciation.ogg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #0645ad">info</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 9px">)</span>) (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox (<em>Wüstenfuchs</em>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-W%C3%BCstenfuchs-pronunciation.ogg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/De-W%C3%BCstenfuchs-pronunciation.ogg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #0645ad">listen</span></span></a> <span style="font-size: 9px">(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #0645ad">help</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 9px">·</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-W%C3%BCstenfuchs-pronunciation.ogg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #0645ad">info</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 9px">)</span>), was a famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">German</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Field Marshal</span></a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">World War II</span></a>.</p><p>He was a highly decorated officer in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">World War I</span></a>, awarded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Pour le Mérite</span></a> for his exploits on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_I)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Italian front</span></a>. In World War II, he further distinguished himself as the commander of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Panzer_Division_(Germany)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Ghost Division</span></a> during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">1940 invasion of France</span></a>. However, it was his leadership of German and Italian forces in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_African_campaign" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">North African campaign</span></a> that established the legend of the Desert Fox. He is considered to have been one of the most skilled commanders of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_warfare" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">desert warfare</span></a> in the war.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel#cite_note-0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[1]</span></a> He later commanded the German forces opposing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Allied</span></a> cross-channel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">invasion in Normandy</span></a>.</p><p>Rommel is regarded as a humane and professional officer. His <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikakorps" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Afrikakorps</span></a></em> was never accused of war crimes. Soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been treated humanely. Furthermore, he ignored orders to kill captured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Order" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">commandos</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Jewish</span></a> soldiers and civilians in all theaters of his command.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[2]</span></a></p><p>Late in the war, Rommel was linked to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_July_plot" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">conspiracy</span></a> to kill <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Adolf Hitler</span></a>. Throughout the war, Rommel was a highly prized national hero, the "Desert Fox' of Germany. Due to his wide renown, Hitler chose to eliminate him quietly. In trade for the protection of his family, Rommel agreed to commit suicide. The reason behind his death did not become known until the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Nuremberg Trials</span></a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 783936, member: 4653"] I thought he wrote his name as "Desert Wolf"? If it really is the "Desert Fox" and you are alive I salute you General Rommel the only respectable and noble German from the second world war!!! Some facts about the real "Desert Fox" since the thread is already way off topic: [B]Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel[/B] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Erwin_Rommel-pronunciation.ogg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/De-Erwin_Rommel-pronunciation.ogg"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#0645ad]listen[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=1]([/SIZE][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#0645ad]help[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=1]·[/SIZE][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Erwin_Rommel-pronunciation.ogg"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#0645ad]info[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=1])[/SIZE]) (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox ([I]Wüstenfuchs[/I], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-W%C3%BCstenfuchs-pronunciation.ogg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/De-W%C3%BCstenfuchs-pronunciation.ogg"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#0645ad]listen[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=1]([/SIZE][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#0645ad]help[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=1]·[/SIZE][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-W%C3%BCstenfuchs-pronunciation.ogg"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#0645ad]info[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=1])[/SIZE]), was a famous [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany"][COLOR=#0645ad]German[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall"][COLOR=#0645ad]Field Marshal[/COLOR][/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II"][COLOR=#0645ad]World War II[/COLOR][/URL]. He was a highly decorated officer in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I"][COLOR=#0645ad]World War I[/COLOR][/URL], awarded the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite"][COLOR=#0645ad]Pour le Mérite[/COLOR][/URL] for his exploits on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_I)"][COLOR=#0645ad]Italian front[/COLOR][/URL]. In World War II, he further distinguished himself as the commander of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Panzer_Division_(Germany)"][COLOR=#0645ad]Ghost Division[/COLOR][/URL] during the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France"][COLOR=#0645ad]1940 invasion of France[/COLOR][/URL]. However, it was his leadership of German and Italian forces in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_African_campaign"][COLOR=#0645ad]North African campaign[/COLOR][/URL] that established the legend of the Desert Fox. He is considered to have been one of the most skilled commanders of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_warfare"][COLOR=#0645ad]desert warfare[/COLOR][/URL] in the war.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel#cite_note-0"][COLOR=#0645ad][1][/COLOR][/URL] He later commanded the German forces opposing the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II"][COLOR=#0645ad]Allied[/COLOR][/URL] cross-channel [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy"][COLOR=#0645ad]invasion in Normandy[/COLOR][/URL]. Rommel is regarded as a humane and professional officer. His [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikakorps"][COLOR=#0645ad]Afrikakorps[/COLOR][/URL][/I] was never accused of war crimes. Soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been treated humanely. Furthermore, he ignored orders to kill captured [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Order"][COLOR=#0645ad]commandos[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish"][COLOR=#0645ad]Jewish[/COLOR][/URL] soldiers and civilians in all theaters of his command.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel#cite_note-1"][COLOR=#0645ad][2][/COLOR][/URL] Late in the war, Rommel was linked to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_July_plot"][COLOR=#0645ad]conspiracy[/COLOR][/URL] to kill [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler"][COLOR=#0645ad]Adolf Hitler[/COLOR][/URL]. Throughout the war, Rommel was a highly prized national hero, the "Desert Fox' of Germany. Due to his wide renown, Hitler chose to eliminate him quietly. In trade for the protection of his family, Rommel agreed to commit suicide. The reason behind his death did not become known until the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials"][COLOR=#0645ad]Nuremberg Trials[/COLOR][/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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