“ ‘To Rommel’ became a synonym for being tough.. All the comic magazines in Nazidom contained heavy Hun jokes incorporating the new word. But, as usual, the last laugh—like the last battle —is ours. Jokes on Rommel’s name are now beginning to circulate in London. With a difference. The latest I’ve heard is that the British troops in Libya have now shortened the name of Hitler’s once favourite general to ‘Romm.’ Why? Because they knocked ‘el’ out of him and him out of El Agheila. It’s a silly joke, I know; but not nearly so silly as the Nazis look who were telling the jokes about Rommel a few months ago.”—Macdonald broadcasting in the 8.8. C. [Overseas service.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 May 1943, Page 2
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