erwin rommel

noun

1. Er·win [ur-win; German er-veen] /ˈɜr wɪn; German ˈɛr vin/, the Desert Fox, 1891–1944, German field marshal: commander of the German forces in North Africa in World War II.

noun

1. 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