15 Nov 1891

Germany
  • Erwin Rommel was born in Heidenheim an der Brenz near Ulm in the Duchy of Swabia in the Kingdom of Wüttemberg in southwestern Germany. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | Heidenheim an der Brenz | CPC]
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