You're certainly looking for the so called "desert fox". He was the leading general of the German ground troops (also leading supporting air commands, I guess). His name and title: general field marshal Erwin Rommel
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Rommel Actually, when it first went to Africa and got all its units there in October, the ground forces were organized into a Corps under the command of Lt. Gen Ludwig Cruwell. Rommel was in overall command of all the German troops and he reported to the Italian commanding general and the Commando Supremo (Italian Supreme Commanders) in Sicily.
Erwin Rommel. He was nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' by the allies for his escapades there.
Assuming you refer to the North African campaign in WW2, it was Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.
This one was Erwin Rommel.
The Desert Fox was the nickname of the German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In WW2 he was the commander of the Nazi forces in North Africa.He gained the nickname because of his quick, clever strategies in often outwitting the Allied forces, although he was defeated in the end.
Gen Erwin Rommel was the leading German general in the North African campaign in WW2, and later one of the main German generals defending the coast of Normandy.Gen Erwin Rommel was the leading German general in the North African campaign in WW2, and later one of the main German generals defending the coast of Normandy.
The Afrika Korps was created on January 11, 1941. It was a German military unit formed during World War II to support German forces in North Africa. Led by General Erwin Rommel, the Afrika Korps played a significant role in the North African campaign.
The theater of World War II most closely associated with the surrender of the Germans in North Africa was the North African Campaign. This campaign primarily took place between 1940 and 1943 and involved Allied forces, led by the British Eighth Army, battling against Axis forces, led by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The campaign culminated in the decisive Battle of El Alamein, which forced the German and Italian forces to retreat and ultimately surrender in May 1943.