Erwin Rommel was a German field marshal, who commanded troops on several fronts of World War II, among them North Africa and France. Commander of the famous Afrika Korps, he was given the nickname "Desert Fox" for his brilliant tactics in the desert of North Africa.
In a holodeck simulation of World War II, the character played by the Hirogen Karr had served under Schmidt in Poland and under Rommel in North Africa according to British intelligence. (VOY: "The Killing Game")