Rommel
 

Just wondering if anyone here knew what happened to General Rommel from WW2. I just learned it yesterday and noticed it never popped up here. biggrin:

Yup he got executed for being involved in a hitler assassination attempt. Probably one of the best tank battle stratigists that ever lived.

actually he commited suicide because he was implemented in the plot to assasinate hitler. i believe he was given the choice to either take his own life or be subjected to the SS murdering his family as well as himself.

Meh executed suicide same thing, he was dead either way so it was more r less an execution.

lol right gerard biggrin:

Many historians say that if Rommel had been leading the Eastern offensive against Russia, the outcome might have been very different for the Germans. Something to think about.

[quote="Jedi Marksman":bc2b3]Many historians say that if Rommel had been leading the Eastern offensive against Russia, the outcome might have been very different for the Germans. Something to think about.[/quote:bc2b3]

It probably would have been some of the tactics he used against the brits were just genius to say the least.

[quote="Capt. John Miller":1547d]lol right gerard biggrin:[/quote:1547d]

Quiet u

/me points to sig, never forget. biggrin:

[quote="Jedi Marksman":22c12]Many historians say that if Rommel had been leading the Eastern offensive against Russia, the outcome might have been very different for the Germans. Something to think about.[/quote:22c12]

But did he? No! So why think about it? heh

He was the general of an armor division for the nazi's in north africa. His code name was desert fox.

i wrote a letter to his son, who was mayor of Stuttgart at the time and he sent me a bunch of material...I'm not sure if he's still Oberburgermeister

[quote=Gerard]It probably would have been some of the tactics he used against the brits were just genius to say the least.[/quote:dd00d]


bah!!!

[quote="Sergeant John W Martin":2d63a][quote=Gerard]It probably would have been some of the tactics he used against the brits were just genius to say the least.[/quote:2d63a]


bah!!![/quote:2d63a]

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The North African campaign hinged on armour and how to supply repair and mobilize them. Rommel was a brilliant strategist but due to problems with supplies such as oil he was steadily pushed back after the Battle of El Alamein (sp). He was one of the gretest strategists of his time but due to doodlehead Hitler wos crap tactics we put in place of Rommel's Germany lost the war which is definately a GOOD thing.

doesn't this belong in the histroy section?

anyway Rommel was basically forced to kill himself because Hitler had some "evidence" that Rommal was involved in the assasination attempt.
(I think one of his friends was one of the conspirators and Rommel was accused of conspiring with him when in reality they discussed something else entirely)

Rommel was probably Germany's best general, and I believe that he never joined the Nazi party.
He came from a family that had many military ancestors.

here is a descent site on the matter:

http://www.sandiego.edu/~jaredm/death.html

Rommel also commanded the German Army that defended the beaches of Normandy.

Although at the time of the invasion, he was giving his woman a pair of shoes biggrin:

Yeah he was forced to take a pill that made him have a "heart attack" and then they had a hero parade for him. hake:

cyanide oOo:

It has yet to be revealed if Rommel was actually ploting against Hitler, i think germany loves him so much they will not tell the truth. If he had directed the attack on Russia they might have had less casualtys, german panzer tacticts were always the same, a double pincer maneuver. Russia anticipated this in the battle at kursk. Maybe with Rommel in command they would have chosen a new tactic and actually have surprised the russians. Whatever the case the war was lost when they invaded russia, hitler simply miscalculated the number of armored vehicles russia had. He had no chance. er got bit off topic oOo:

[quote="=BA-MF=LoneGunner65=2nd=c":2bd43]He was the general of an armor division for the nazi's in north africa. His code name was desert fox.[/quote:2bd43]

Because he was the general of an armour devision that makes him and his troops nazis? I don't think so.

Yeah one more thing, Rommel fought for Germany and did not fight for the political ambitions of the Third Reich so he's not a Nazi. He didn't think Hitler was a brave man.