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Erwin Rommel, called the Desert Fox after his African successes, was one of the most famous Nazi military leaders. German propaganda portrayed him as a perfect man who bravely commands his army always at its head (which was true), the Germans were less proud of Rommel's unusual popularity with the Allies. Rommel was not a vicious Nazi, he did not kill Jews, he treated captured enemies according to the Geneva Conventions, and even his enemies on the battlefield, the British commander Bernard Montgomery and the American general George Patton, spoke of him with respect.