Rommel

[ rom-uhl, ruhm-; German rawm-uhl ]

noun

1. Er·win [ur, -win, er, -veen], the Desert Fox, 1891–1944, German field marshal: commander of the German forces in North Africa in World War II.

Rommel

/ ˈrɔməl /

noun

1. RommelErwin18911944MGermanMILITARY: general Erwin (ˈɛrviːn), nicknamed the Desert Fox . 1891–1944, German field marshal, noted for his brilliant generalship in N Africa in World War II. Later a commander in N France, he committed suicide after the officers' plot against Hitler

Example Sentences

Eventually Rommel got to command a pretty big force in North Africa, the Afrika Korps, and this is where he becomes known as the Desert Fox based on surprise maneuvers, rapid attacks, nighttime marches that confound the enemy.

From Time

Rommel was good at running around the countryside, but he wasn’t particularly good at admin.

From Time

Rather than serving with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, he had fought against him with the British army.

From The Daily Beast

A double biography of Rommel and Montgomery, foes in North Africa in World War II, splendidly brings both military men to life.

From The Daily Beast

Parentage, Rommel crossed with Delaware; from Munson in 1897.

From Project Gutenberg

Jacob Rommel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1837.

From Project Gutenberg

Bush questions the parentage as given by Rommel and thinks it more likely Catawba and Maxatawney.

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According to the above authority Rommel stopped its propagation and dissemination because of its susceptibility to fungi.

From Project Gutenberg

Rommel was placed on the grape list of the American Pomological Society fruit catalog in 1899.

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