World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.

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.