General · Africa
Erwin Rommel
1891–1944
Rommel commanded German armour in France in 1940 and then the Afrika Korps in Libya and Egypt. His name is attached to the desert campaigns that ran up to the two battles at El Alamein. He was later given a command in France and was forced to take poison after the July 1944 plot against Hitler.
Battles
- First Battle of El Alamein
1 July 1942 · El Alamein · Egypt
- Second Battle of El Alamein
23 October 1942 · El Alamein · Egypt