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Erwin Rommel

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (November 15, 1891-October 14, 1944)
    Known as 'The Desert Fox'
    German field marshal (1940)
    Head of the 7th Tank Division (1940)
    Lieutenant General (1941)
    Commander of the Afrika Korps in North Africa (1941-1943)
    Placed in charge of the defense of the Western Front (1944)

Why he might be annoying:

    His regiment captured 9,000 enemy soldiers during World War I.
    He was once good friends with Adolf Hitler.
    He had allowed his 15 year old son to be an anti-aircraft gunner near Normandy beach.
    Pushing every man and machine to its limit, Rommel's forces advanced 350 miles in six weeks (an unheard of distance for tanks during that time).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a popular (although unconventional) military leader, and his method of command was also unique.
    While other officers directed battles from a strategy room located far from the field of battle, Rommel chose to lead from the front, he felt it was important for the commander to always be near his troops.
    In 1944, the conspirators to assassinate Adolf Hitler made overtures to Rommel to gauge his interest in the plot. Rommel and Hitler were once close friends, but since the defeat in North Africa and Hitler's 'victory or death' proclamation, Rommel viewed Hitler as a madman who would destroy Germany.
    After the unsuccessful murder plot, Hitler gave Rommel an ultimatum: either take his own life and be buried with full honors or have a public trial. Rommel did not want to bring his wife and son into a trial, so Rommel was forced to take poison by Hitler.
    His son Manfred was elected mayor of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 73 Votes: 65.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 35 Votes: 48.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 227 Votes: 53.74% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 47 Votes: 31.91% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 126 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 137 Votes: 64.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 167 Votes: 67.07% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 121 Votes: 68.60% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 324 Votes: 44.75% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 501 Votes: 52.69% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 646 Votes: 62.23% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 289 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 803 Votes: 55.54% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 8043 Votes: 51.19% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 54 Votes: 57.41% Annoying