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World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
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Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891–1944)
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, popularly known as The Desert Fox, was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. He served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Generalfeldmarschall
Historical military rank of Germany and Austria
Generalfeldmarschall was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire, (Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall); in the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, the rank Feldmarschall was used. The rank was the equivalent to Großadmiral in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Axis capture of Tobruk
1942 battle during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk was part of the Western Desert campaign in Libya during the Second World War. The battle was fought by the Panzerarmee Afrika, a German–Italian military force in North Africa which…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)