In the summer of 1942, Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps drove the British into retreat, threatening to capture Egypt and the Suez Canal. But as Rommel prepared his greatest gamble at El Alamein, a new ...

In World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was the legendary "Desert Fox" (“Wuestenfuchs”). Today in Libya, Col. Muammar Qaddafi is crazy like a fox. In the past few weeks, Qaddafi’s ...

Rommel reported a total loss of only 3 officers, 11 enlisted men, and 3 tanks.” The Desert Fox stopped his assault on February 6 because he had insufficient supplies of gasoline and ammunition ...

One of the most frequent questions posed to the Pentagon about Operation Desert Fox on Thursday was not about what the Iraqi bombing mission accomplished but why it was given that name. As anyone f… ...

Was Germany's Second World War general, Erwin Rommel, really the chivalrous "Desert Fox" commander of legend who is reputed to have plotted against Hitler?

FRANKFURT, Germany — Manfred Rommel, the former mayor of the German city of Stuttgart and the son of the World War II field marshal dubbed the ‘‘Desert Fox,’’ has died. He was 84. Mr ...

Manfred Rommel, the former mayor of the German city of Stuttgart and the son of the World War II field marshal dubbed the "Desert Fox," died Thursday in Stuttgart. He was 84 and had suffered from ...

FRANKFURT — Manfred Rommel, the former mayor of Stuttgart and the son of the World War II field marshal dubbed the ‘‘Desert Fox,’’ has died. He was 84.

Manfred Rommel, the former mayor of the German city of Stuttgart and son of the World War II field marshal dubbed the "Desert Fox," has died. He was 84.