Erwin Rommel, of course. Who else? Resisting on a war theatre for such a long time, facing outnumbering forces of 2 of the biggest nations that participated in the war, earning the respect of his enemies who called him "The Desert Fox"....
...And that commander that saved Mussolini by landing with his fallshirms somwhere in the mountains in an impossible dessant landing place (was it Otto Skorzeny?! Can't remember) and saved Mussolini from partisans encirclement. No use, he was captured few days later again and killed. That action was something verry boldy and unknown by many people.
Otto Skorzeny was the leader. There was no partisans, that was another operation where Skorzeny and his SS Fallschirm Battalion landed on Titos HQ and fought off partisans for days just narrowly missing getting the kill on Tito. Sadly, Skorzeny's rescue was not all that hard for while his men landed on top of the hill it was the Luft. Ground troops that held off any reinforcements from going up the MT. Road to the place.
My personal favorite would be Erich von Manstein!
Good Job Fichten If you didnt vote Manstein Id have to reeducate you lel