Tanım
•German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
Etimoloji
Possibly a calque of German Wüstenfuchs, in reference to the terrain in which the North African campaign was fought, and the popular conception of the slyness of the fox. Not clear whether it was coined in British or German media first, as the respective term arose in each language near-simultaneously.