Person1891 – 1944
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal, “the Desert Fox”, who led the Afrika Korps; implicated in the plot against Hitler, he was forced to take his own life
Where they went
2 related events
- 1
British forces under Montgomery defeated Rommel’s German–Italian army at El Alamein in Egypt, turning the tide in North Africa.
- 2
Allied forces under Eisenhower landed on the coast of Normandy, opening a western front; Paris was liberated in August.
People who appear alongside
- Bernard Montgomery1887 – 1976
British general who defeated Rommel at the Second Battle of El Alamein and commanded the ground forces in the Normandy landings
- Dwight D. Eisenhower1890 – 1969
Supreme Allied Commander who directed the Normandy landings; later 34th US president (1953–1961), who brought about the Korean armistice
Themes this person appears in
- World War II1939 – 1945
From the invasion of Poland to the surrender of Japan — the largest war in human history, across Europe, Asia and the Pacific