Nagano, Aki History 10B Mr. Deitchmeister Research Paper 11/16/2014 Erwin Rommel Erwin Rommel was one of the highest-esteemed generals in the German army during World War II. He was known for being a brilliant strategist. He participated in two very important and prominent battles during WWII: North Africa’s El Alamein battle and at France’s D-Day. Rommel’s epithet was the ‘Desert Fox’ because his tactics were unheard of before; he was a fox, able to do things that no one else had done. Rommel rose to fame as commander of the Axis forces fighting the British in North Africa (1941-43) – the Battle of El Alamein. In the battle, Rommel’s Afrika Korps fought against Bernard Montgomery's (British army officer of Alamein) British Eight Army in October 23, 1942 to November 5, 1942. The British defeated the …show more content…
He took complete responsibility for the Northern French coastline. The beaches at Normandy were littered with as much anti-tank traps which were unobservable toward full-tide. Concerning illustrations as it was, the arranging at D-day intended that Rommel’s defenses were about minimal issue to the Allied Attack. Prior to D-day, in February 1944, Rommel was appointed by Hitler to be commander of the defenses of the Atlantic Wall. Rommel’s command was to guarantee that Western Europe was invulnerable. On July 17th 1944, Rommel became badly wounded by an air attack on his staff car, as he returned to Germany. He was implicated in the July (1944) plot to assassinate Hitler but was so prominent that he was not put on trial. Rommel instead was given the option of committing suicide which he took in order that his family would not be harmed. In the end, he was buried with full military honors (it was said that he had died of his wounds), and his son later became Mayor of Stuttgart in post-war