From Alexandria in July of 1941, Randolph Churchill reported to his father as the British waited for Rommel to attack upon Egypt.

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"None of us know anything about him -- some say he is dead, or he's not dead -- we have to wait, " said Rommel Quintera.

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In 1942, in Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel began a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the allies under Montgomery.

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Modern sporting rifles are among the most profitable weapons that gunmakers produced, says Rommel Dionisio, a Wedbush Securities analyst, as well as one of its fastest-growing segments.

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Unorthodox from the start, the SAS was conceived as a commando force to operate behind enemy lines in North Africa, where the British were fighting Field Marshall Rommel's highly-skilled Afrika Korps.

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Frederick was perhaps the greatest military genius of the 18th century, and it is this aspect of his career that Sir David Fraser emphasises (appropriately, given that Sir David is a retired British army general and the biographer of Erwin Rommel).

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