As we all know, Hitler was the fuehrer of Nazi Germany, one of the three giants of fascism, a war maniac, and his right-hand man Rommel, along with Guderian and Manstein, and called Hitler's three most powerful military commanders.
Known as the "Desert Fox", Rommel was deeply favored after Hitler came to power, and was responsible for the security and security of Nazi Germany for many years. After the outbreak of World War II, he was entrusted with the task of being alone. He did not disappoint Hitler, and in early 1940 he was the commander of the German Seventh Panzer Division, ordered to invade France, repel the Anglo-French forces, and march directly into the English Channel.
He then led his army to restore the situation in North Africa, and was awarded the Iron Cross and the Iron Cross of the Oak Leaf. Rommel was resourceful, brave and good at war, good at outnumbering the enemy, and made great achievements in the vast desert of North Africa.
In early 1942, he attacked Africa again, reaching the Nile Delta and into the El Alamein region, 70 kilometers from Alexandria, where he was instrumental in Hitler's work.
First, in the end, no one expected that it would be such a Nazi hero. Why was Rommel eventually forced by Hitler to commit suicide by poisoning himself?
At the end of World War II, Germany faced the dual pressure of two-front warfare, when the eastern front could not defeat the Soviet Union, the western front could not defeat the Allies, at this time the mood within the German military department fluctuated, plotting rebellions occurred from time to time, in February 1944, Rommel returned to China on vacation, the anti-Hitler conspirator Stroughlin had contact with him. Back at the front, the conspirators tried to enlist Rommel's support through the new chief of staff, Speidard.
The contradiction between Rommel and Hitler arose on June 6, 1944, the successful Allied landings in Normandy, which made Rommel more deeply aware that the end of Germany was coming, the German army was unable to maintain the long coastal defense line in the Atlantic, he pleaded with Hitler to end the war on the Western Front, and sent Hitler a final letter on July 15, because at this time he had decided to make a unilateral peace with the Allies.
Immediately after, the shocking "720" incident occurred, a group of German officers tried to kill Hitler with a bomb, but the assassination failed, Hitler was only injured in the thigh, the eardrums were shattered, and a little hair was burned.
Hitler was furious, presumably in a state of paranoia, sensitivity, and madness (he might have also had a drug addiction), and he transferred his anger to Rommel, who was deeply conflicted with him. Rommel was implicated in both the Gestapo investigation and the rebels' subjugation.
Finally, on October 14 of the same year, a generation of famous generals was finally given poisoning by Hitler (remembering his outstanding military achievements) to commit suicide by poisoning.
But is this really related to Rommel? According to many objective sources of world war II that I have verified, it is said that Rommel had nothing to do with the assassination, and Rommel also said: "The attempt to murder Hitler is really meaningless, and what we are afraid of is not the deeds of this man, but his personal status as an idol in the hearts of the German people." ”
Moreover, Rommel would not have supported the assassination of Hitler at all, not that killing Hitler would solve the war situation, nor that Hitler would spare Germany once the Soviet Union and the Allies died, and that personal life and death could not reverse the overall situation of Nazi Germany's fiasco.
As a well-planned player, Rommel could never have done such a stupid thing. The question then arises, since Rommel was not involved in the assassination of Hitler, why did he not choose to resist?
Rommel had no direct troops, so he could not resist the Gestapo.
During Nazi Germany, the entire German people were fans of Hitler, and Hitler's power was supreme. Therefore, at that time, except for Hitler, no one had the ability and the courage to engage in any direct subordinate troops.
The Gestapo was supposed to be Hitler's exclusive secret secret police organization, and no force in Germany at that time could defeat this organization. In addition, in addition to the Gestapo, Hitler had a more powerful force, the SS (this army was even more remarkable, and when defending Berlin, it repeatedly repelled several times or even ten times the strength of the Soviet army).
Rommel himself knew better than anyone that there was no point in resisting, only that he could only hit the stone with a pebble. And when Hitler sent someone to inform Rommel to take poison and commit suicide, Rommel was not on the front line, but was recuperating in his own home, with only three people around him, his wife, son, and an aide-de-camp, and his house had long been surrounded by the Gestapos. And they were ordered to kill Rommel on the spot if he resisted.
Rommel thought of the lives of his family and subordinates, unwilling to resist, if he chose to resist, not to mention unsuccessful, in the process of resistance, his family, subordinates may be shot and killed in the process of breaking through. Rommel was also told that if he did not resist, he promised to spare his family and that his subordinates would not be held accountable.
Rommel knew Hitler as a man, believing that sparing his family and subordinates was a reward for the Fuehrer for years of fighting for his country, and he believed that Hitler would be able to liquidate him alone, and not blame the rest of the people. Rommel was willing to sacrifice himself in order to save Germany and stabilize the hearts of the army.
Rommel himself knew that once he escaped and stood against Hitler, the anti-war sentiment in the country would rise further, and Germany would collapse directly. He also understood that the reason why Hitler poisoned himself and not went to the gallows was to stabilize the hearts of the army, so he could only sacrifice Rommel himself, and did not leave a negative impact on Rommel, even if as a general, he did not die on the battlefield, and it was not a shame to die.
Therefore, Rommel accepted his fate without the slightest resistance, and on the same day, the German military announced that Rommel had died of a stroke, and on October 18, 1944, a state funeral was held for Rommel.