Rommel was well liked by the German public and respected by the Allies. Later in the war, he commanded the German forces defending the French coast against the Allied Normandy invasion. In WWII, he commanded the German Army in North Africa in a long struggle against the British 8th Army. Desert fox can also refer to the Fennec foxįield Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, The 'Desert Fox' (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), was an officer of the German Army in World War I and World War II.
