[ur-win;; German er-veen] /ˈɜr wɪn;; German ˈɛr vin/ (Show IPA), ("the Desert Fox")1891–1944, German field marshal: commander of the German forces in North Africa in World War II.
British Dictionary definitions for Rommel
Rommel
/German ˈrɔməl/
noun
1.
Erwin (ˈɛrviːn), nicknamed the Desert Fox. 1891–1944, German field marshal, noted for his brilliant generalship in N Africa in World War II. Later a commander in N France, he committed suicide after the officers' plot against Hitler