Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel He was one of the most popular and respected Nazi military men, being a famous German field marshal who was born on November 15, 1891 in that country and died on October 14, 1944 also in German territory.
Rommel received the nickname of Desert FoxThe military successes achieved by this Nazi commander went down in history due to the campaigns carried out by this army in North Africa, which were carried out between 1941 and 1943.
But without a doubt one of the characteristics for which this officer will be remembered is for his chivalry, both with his troops and with his adversaries, being one of the members of the Nazi troops who flatly refused to carry out the Kommandobefehl, Hitler’s secret order that obliged all generals not to keep prisoners of war, but to sacrifice all who came to his power, a decision that led to him having to commit suicide to avoid reprisals from his own side against his family.
Like most of the most Nazi high command had a participation in the First World War, where after his appointment as a lieutenant he dedicated himself to instructional tasks for the troops, acting as section chief, being mainly noted for his enthusiasm, his didactic capacity and his tranquility at the time of instructing the troops.
When the troops arrived in France during that first war, around the year 1914 was when this soldier carried out his first military actions, which to be more exact took place in the vicinity of Logwy on the border between France and Belgium, in where he finds a camp of French soldiers camping whom he takes by surprise with three other soldiers, leaving more than ten dead or wounded and fleeing when they reacted.
His destiny for the war took him to Romania, then to Italy where he fulfilled his duty, earning the respect of the troops and his superiors, which also resulted in a staggered rise in power within the German army.
When the Second World War is appointed Chief of Security of his own Adolf hitler, so he spends a lot of time with him, although not enough to know the miseries in the character of the Führer, since the position is fulfilled while the Polish Campaign is carried out, which lasts for a very short time.
From that moment on, Rommel takes over the 7th Panzer Division, replacing the Genereal Georg stummeThe decisions of this soldier being vital during the invasion of France, being one of the first divisions to reach the English Channel, having done a lot of damage to the enemy troops in its path, as well as to all the logistics of the troops. allies and English aeronautics.
Then he continued with the campaign through North Africa and a slight step through Italy, but at the end of his days his name was involved in plots, which brought him many problems, especially because at that time he was one of those in charge of containing the invasion. allied by the English Channel.
After convalescing at home and receiving a visit from Wilhelm Burgdorf Y Ernst maisel, from the General Staff who informed him that he was being suspected of the assassination attempt on Hitler, only the statement of his wife remains who says that once the officers left, Rommel went up to the room they shared and told him: “I come to say goodbye to you. In a quarter of an hour I’ll be dead. They suspect that I took part in the attempt to assassinate Hitler. Apparently my name was on a list made by Goerdeler in which I was considered the future president of the Reich … I have never seen Goerdeler … They say that Von Stülpnagel, Speidel and Von Hofacker I have been denounced. It is the same method that they always use. I have replied that I did not believe what they said, that it had to be a lie. The Führer gives me the choice between poison or being tried by the people’s court ”.