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.
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The 'desert fox' in World War 2 was a nickname for the German General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. His actual nickname was 'Wüstenfuchs' which is the german word for 'Desert Fox'.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was the "desert fox" of the Africa Corps in Northern Africa for the Nazi Wehrmacht (Army). He was dubbed with that nickname because he was sly like a fox in his military strategy and used camouflage tactics like the real animal of the desert fox.
Edwin Rommel was called the "Desert Fox."