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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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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RomishRommel, Erwin