who is the desert fox?

Question

because my mate keeps on saying he is the best person ever and he is a hero but we dont know who he is any help plz

Answer 1

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and unless you're German, he's probably trying to wind you up.

Answer 2

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
NOT a Nazi but a German Wehrmacht Officer who was implicated in the 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler - given the choice of a Hero`s funeral (which he chose - poison) or a Traitor`s - arrest and execution by the SS.
A great German patriot and tactician who at the head of the 20th Panzer Division (the Ghost Division) stormed through France in 1940.
It was he who came up with the phrase The Longest Day which became the title of a famous account of the D Day landings and a star-studded film.
He was played twice on film by the great British actor James Mason ("The Desert Rats" & "The Desert Fox")

Answer 3

Erwin Rommel
15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944 was one of the most distinguished German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Africa Corps and also became known by the nickname The Desert Fox

Answer 4

One of hitler's generals was labeled as the desert fox his name was Erwin Rommel,he faced Pattons 3rd army in africa in WW2.
A great tactition but was eventually driven out.

Answer 5

The desert fox was a german named rommel,he was defeated by the british at el alamain.

Answer 6

Erwin Rommel

He was a Nazi General in WW2 (Africa).

HOWEVER, he was not all bad, He was universally recognised as a strategic genius AND he did try and kill Hitler.

Answer 7

german general rommel defeated by the British in al almeain

Answer 8

Hes a ww 2 german general

They made a movie about him in 1951

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043461/