General Erwin Rommel

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_leadership
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Oak_Leaves_to_the_Knight's_Cross
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkb:Swords_to_the_Knight's_Cross
gptkbp:birth_date 1911-11-15
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Döbling_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Manfred_Rommel
gptkb:Gerhard_Rommel
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkbp:death_date 1944-10-14
gptkbp:famous_quote " I have no intention of being a prisoner of war."
" You cannot be a hero without being a coward."
" The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."
" The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
" In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Erwin Rommel
gptkbp:influenced Modern military strategy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder
gptkb:Carl_von_Clausewitz
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:North_African_Campaign
Blitzkrieg tactics
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:Heer
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:German_Navy
gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:German_Air_Force
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Desert_Fox
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass
gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Honorary_citizenship_of_Mannheim
gptkb:Honorary_citizenship_of_Stuttgart
Honorary citizenship of Freiburg im Breisgau
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkb:General
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lucie_Rommel
gptkbp:wrote Infantry Attacks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Libyan_Desert
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4