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'''Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel''' (born 15 ''Novem''ber 1891) is a former German Field Marshal of the [[Greater Germanic Reich]] during [[World War II]] and the [[German Civil War|Bürgerkrieg]]. Famously known as the "Desert Fox".
== Biography ==
=== Role in World War 2 ===
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=== Awards ===
As part of his military service in both World Wars, he was awarded ''The Iron Cross (1st Class), The Blue Max'' and the ''Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.''
== Trivia ==
In OTL, Rommel would be in charge of the Afrika Korps, before subsequently being asked to lead the defences at Normandy.
However, Rommel would also be implicated in his role of the 20th July bomb plot. To spare the army from a devastating blow of one of Germany's top generals being branded as a traitor and executed, Hitler would give Rommel the chance to take his own life.
Rommel took that chance, dying on 14th October 1944 by cyanide poisoning.
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