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Date	Process	Result
March 6, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
November 22, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
June 12, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 14, 2014, and October 14, 2019.
Current status: Delisted good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Erwin Rommel (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,393	8,393
Early life and career	1,561	1,561
World War I	3,839	3,839
Between the wars	9,929	9,929
World War II	199	72,345
Poland 1939	1,779	1,779
France 1940	20	11,280
Promotion to armoured division commander	2,110	2,110
Invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France	3,982	3,982
Drive for the Channel	5,168	5,168
North Africa 1941–1943	1,457	28,241
First Axis offensive	2,722	2,722
Siege of Tobruk	5,922	5,922
Battle of Gazala and capture of Tobruk	4,960	4,960
El Alamein	21	9,631
First Battle of El Alamein	3,558	3,558
Battle of Alam El Halfa	2,151	2,151
Second Battle of El Alamein	3,901	3,901
End of Africa campaign	3,549	3,549
Italy 1943	1,856	1,856
Atlantic Wall 1944	14,356	14,356
Plot against Hitler	14,634	14,634
Death	7,234	7,234
Style as military commander	9,720	52,066
Relationship with Italian forces	5,948	5,948
Views on the conduct of war	36	36,398
Combat	6,091	6,091
Attitude toward colonial troops	7,958	7,958
Politics	2,130	2,130
Civilians	20,183	20,183
Reputation as a military commander	14,380	14,380
Debate about atrocities	28	17,133
Executions of prisoners in France	4,405	4,405
Treatment of Jews and other civilians in North Africa	9,818	9,818
Alleged treasure and spoils	2,882	2,882
In Nazi and Allied propaganda	5,011	15,712
Successes in North Africa	3,700	3,700
Military reverses	3,305	3,305
Rommel's views on propaganda	3,696	3,696
Relationship with Nazism	18,412	18,412
Rommel myth	3,940	3,940
Family life	1,863	1,863
Awards	1,817	1,817
Commemoration	8,513	8,513
Portrayals	736	736
Notes	31	31
References	16	23,078
Citations	29	29
Bibliography	23,033	23,033
Further reading	3,806	3,806
External links	3,428	3,428
Total	268,216	268,216