Rommel, German Field Marshal during World War II. He started as a small company commander and lived through World War I and World War II, and gradually grew into a powerful tiger of Nazi Hitler.
Known as the "Desert Fox" and the "Eagle of the Empire", Rommel was one of Germany's most capable generals, and he became a hero to all the soldiers of the German Army with his flexible tactics and courage to go forward. He was with Manstein and Guderian, and was known as the three great generals of the Nazis in Germany. Even British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had to comment that "Rommel was a great general."
When he was a child, Rommel always dreamed of becoming an engineer, which is also the dream of many German children, and Germans have been interested in mechanical engineering since childhood. However, his father, although a teacher, had to stubbornly ask him to join the military camp and serve the motherland.
In this way, under the arrangement of their father, the Germans lost an engineer, but added an army marshal. Rommel entered the Danzig Junior Officer School in East Prussia, after which world war I broke out and Rommel participated in it with great enthusiasm.
At the time, Rommel was basically the lowest-ranking officer, with only a few soldiers under his command. But he took the lead and led a few people to repel the Attack of more than 20 French troops. Subsequently, Rommel moved to France and Italy.
Perhaps Rommel's father was wise, and the phrase "know the son of Mo Ruo's father" does make sense. Born for war, Rommel began to emerge in world war, showing his military talent, and became famous on the battlefield.
In 1933, Hitler came to power, increased the expansion of the German military, discovered Rommel, a military genius, and his book Infantry Attack, and began to treat him with great respect for him as the captain of his guard. Since then, Rommel has soared and begun his own golden age.
At Hitler's insane instigation, World War II broke out, and Hitler appointed Rommel as the commander of the Panzer Division. Rommel made this second-rate armored division the ace of Germany.
On the eastern front against France, Rommel led his Seventh Panzer Division in lightning advance, directly beating the French Army to the point of confusion, causing the French army, known as the "World's First Army", to throw away its armor and surrender. Not only that, but he also left the other German troops who participated in the war far behind, becoming a sharp knife for Nazi Hitler on the battlefields of Europe.
In 1940, just as Germany was invincible on the European battlefield, Italy, the "pig teammate", also wanted to take advantage and declared war on Britain and France. However, the Italians will only "wave slow", only "wave" and "slow", Mussolini in the North African battlefield, beaten by the British crying father and mother. No way, Mussolini asked hitler for help, boss! Save the little brother.
As a result, Hitler appointed Rommel as the supreme commander of the German army in North Africa. Less than two months into office, Rommel reversed the situation on the battlefield. Especially in the Battle of Tobruk, Rommel demonstrated his outstanding military skills and command art, using his own advantages to avoid his own disadvantages and successfully capturing the strategic fortress of Tobruk.
After that, Rommel commanded his armored division, invincible, attacked all the way, swept across north Africa, and obtained the title of "Desert Fox". His ranks also rose steadily, from lieutenant general to general, general, and finally, Hitler promoted him to field marshal and awarded him the Oak Leaf Diamond Medal.
After June 1944, the Allies landed in Normandy, France, and seeing that Germany had become the end of the crossbow, there was no hope of turning the tables. At this point, Rommel's faith in Hitler was shaken, and he even hoped to solve all the dilemmas that Germany was currently facing through political means. He proposed to Hitler that negotiations with Britain and France could stop the war on the Eastern Front and give Germany the opportunity to deal with the Soviet Union with all its might.
But Hitler did not take Rommel's advice at all, and even spoke ill of him. Strategic differences made Rommel and Hitler no longer have a heart to heart, but began to suspect each other.
Coincidentally, when the "7.20" assassination specifically aimed at Hitler occurred, Stauffenberg secretly placed a briefcase containing a bomb in the stronghold of Hitler's military conference, but the briefcase was mistakenly moved away from Hitler.
Although the bomb sounded, Hitler was only injured due to the change in position. Subsequently, he frantically began a bloody massacre and revenge, and thousands of people were involved, and no less than a thousand people were executed.
Unfortunately, Rommel was also implicated, and Hitler became angry and embarrassed, and the last shred of trust in Rommel was lost. Despite his military exploits, and despite his own concubines, Hitler sent secret police to spy on Rommel and even put him under house arrest.
On October 14, 1944, Hitler's messenger conveyed Hitler's supreme instructions to Rommel: "If you can choose to commit suicide, the whole of Germany will hold a state funeral for you, and you will not say anything about your treason, and your wife will be treated by the marshal's family; if you continue to deny the crime, you will be tried secretly by a military tribunal." ”
In the end, Rommel chose to commit suicide by swallowing the quick-acting poison provided by Hitler. Hitler also fulfilled his promise and held a very solemn state funeral for Rommel, in person.