Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a field marshal (senior military commander) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Highly esteemed Desert Fox

German soldiers armed with two MG-34's and one Kar98 rifle. In the picture they are in good spirits. They are also escorting two Red Army POWs. 
Soviet Union, 1941

Escort POWs

German soldiers during the battle in the Italian commune of San Giovanni Valdarno, appprox. 30 miles south-east of Florence; 1944. 