Question

This victor at the Battle of Kasserine Pass was allowed to commit suicide rather then face a trial for his role in the July 20th plot to kill Hitler. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this opponent of Bernard Montgomery, a Nazi commander nicknamed “Desert Fox”
ANSWER: Erwin Rommel [or Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel]
[10e] Erwin Rommel led a Nazi “corps” named for this continent, where he and Ugo Cavallero lost the Second Battle of El Alamein in modern-day Egypt.
ANSWER: Africa [accept Afrikakorps]
[10h] The Allied defenders of this Libyan city proved to be a thorn in Rommel’s side during the North African campaign, depriving him of a vital deep water port. This city’s largely Australian garrison were dubbed its “Rats.”
ANSWER: Tobruk [accept Siege of Tobruk]
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