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Erwin Rommel, called "the People's Marshal" by his countrymen, was one of Adolf Hitler's most successful generals and one of Germany's most popular military leaders. However, after he was implicated in a plot to overthrow Hitler, Rommel took his life on October 14, , at age 52, in Herrlingen, Germany. Rommel was born in Heidenheim, Germany, on November 15, He rejected advancement through the regular channels, choosing to remain in the infantry after the war ended.

In February , Rommel was named commander of the 7th Panzer division.

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The following year, he was appointed the commander of German troops the Afrika Korps in North Africa. Repulsed by the British, he returned with the Afrika Korps in June , and finally took the city; this attack became known as the Battle of Gazala. Not long after, Rommel was promoted to field marshal by Hitler. Famed for leading his army from the front rather than the rear, as most generals did, for a time, Rommel enjoyed an unbroken string of successes, and earned the nickname the "Desert Fox" for his surprise attacks.

He also became known among his countrymen as the "the People's Marshal," gained popularity in the Arab world as a liberator from British rule, and was regarded as one of Hitler's most successful generals and one of Germany's most popular military leaders.

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Field Marshal Rommel's success would be short-lived, however. With North Africa lost, in , Rommel was recalled to Europe to oversee the defense of the Atlantic coast. In early , Rommel was entrusted with the French Channel coast's defense against a possible Allied invasion. Around this same time, Rommel began to express doubt about both Germany's reasons for participating in the war and Hitler's capability of peace-making, and the field marshal was told by a group of friends that he should lead the nation once Hitler was overthrown.

Rommel dismissed the suggestion, unaware at the time that the men had been planning to assassinate the German leader. On D-Day—June 6, —, Allied troops landed in Normandy, and invading forces eventually reached 1 million.