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1891 – 1944Erwin Rommel (1891-1944)Died 14 October 1944, aged 52German field marshal known as the Desert Fox for his command of the Afrika Korps in North Africa. He later commanded forces defending the Atlantic Wall in Normandy. Implicated in the 20 July plot, he was forced to take poison in exchange for protection for his family.