Speaking of Rommel's death, the first thing to say is "July 20 conspiracy". In fact, shortly after Hitler came to power in 1938, anti-Nazi groups appeared in Germany, including General ludwig beck, Marshal erwin von witzleben, Marshal Walter von Brauch and many other German military and political leaders. At that time, these people plotted to overthrow Hitler, but because of the indecision of the leaders and Hitler's lofty prestige in Germany at that time, these people never dared to act. Time dragged on and on until the middle of 1943, when Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg joined in, the anti-Nazi group had a reliable assassination plan, code-named "Valkyrie" (also known as Operation Valkyrie).
"Operation Valkyrie" is to look for opportunities to assassinate Hitler. At the same time, the German reserve forces stationed in Germany marched into Berlin in the name of suppressing riots, and then wiped out the Nazi party's top leaders in one fell swoop. German generals stationed in the western front will contact the allied forces for peace talks as soon as possible. 1On July 20th, 944, stauffenberg brought explosives into the "wolf's den" with a briefcase, hoping to kill Hitler who attended the military meeting, but Hitler was only slightly injured because the briefcase was accidentally moved. Hitler who escaped immediately sent the Gestapo to launch a search operation in Germany. More than 7,000 people were arrested, and 4,980 people were finally executed, including Marshal Rommel.
In fact, there have been many questions about whether Marshal Rommel participated in the plot on July 20th. First of all, the core of the anti-Nazi group is basically the members of the Junk Corps. Because Rommel served as the commander of Hitler's security forces, the Junk Corps always rejected Rommel. The two sides are full of contradictions. On the matter of plotting to assassinate Hitler, stauffenberg and others dared to woo Rommel, who was Hitler's confidant and had contradictions with himself?
Secondly, from 65438+65438+ 10 in 0944 to 10 in October, Rommel officially became the commander-in-chief of Army Group B on the Western Front, which was the highest commander of the German army in the battlefield on the Western Front. If he had the intention of betraying Hitler, he didn't have to take part in the assassination, but contacted the allied high-level directly. It can be said that World War II is coming to an end.
Once again, 1944 When the "Valkyrie Action" was launched on July 20th, the plan participants, such as the artillery general Wagner, the German commander-in-chief in France Stuart Punag, and the commander-in-chief of the reserve army Fromm, all held their posts, so that they could immediately mobilize troops to destroy the Nazis after Hitler's death, while Rommel was lying in a field hospital recovering from his illness without any action, which was completely unlike the behavior of the coup participants.
Finally, the core members of the "July 20 conspiracy" either committed suicide or were executed, while Paidar survived by betraying Marshal Rommel. Plus, martin bormann, who presided over the trial of the case, has always held a grudge against Rommel. The report made by this person sent Rommel to the wall, so people have to suspect that martin bormann made a deal with Paidar and framed Marshal Rommel.
Hitler was shocked to learn that Rommel was involved in the plot to assassinate himself. However, due to political influence, Hitler dared not arrest Rommel, who had a high prestige in interrogation, nor could he publicly try and execute this respected marshal. In the end, he can only threaten the safety of his family and force Rommel to commit suicide by taking poison. After Rommel's death, Hitler gave Rommel a grand state funeral, expressed sympathy to Rommel's family and gave him a generous pension. Therefore, although Rommel's family was monitored at the end of World War II, their life was not bad. After the end of World War II, the allied forces established Rommel as an anti-Hitler and anti-Nazi hero for political propaganda reasons, and Rommel's family naturally got more preferential treatment.
As a wife, Lucy Maureen is a pampered young lady because of Rommel's love. She is very headstrong. Because of personal contradictions, Rommel once drove away General Gauss, the chief of staff who had cooperated for many years. After Rommel's death, Lucy changed rapidly and shouldered the burden of family. While taking her family to avoid the allied bombing, she hid a large number of Rommel's documents to avoid the Gestapo's search. It was Lucy's efforts that kept the documents about Rommel from being destroyed. After World War II, British military thinker b·h· liddell hart wrote Rommel's wartime documents based on the documents preserved by Lucy, which made later generations have a clear understanding of Rommel's military thoughts and command memory. Lucy lived to the age of 197 1 at the age of 77.
Manfred rommel, the only son of Marshal Rommel, is not a simple man. When Rommel died, Manfred 16 years old. Under Rommel's years of training, Manfred has grown into a strong and brave young man. After World War II, Manfred first studied politics and law at the University of Tubingen, Germany, and then went to Britain to get a doctorate in political science. After returning to China, Manfred served as a reporter and editor-in-chief of the German newspaper City, and later joined the political circles as a consultant to the government think tank. From 1974 to 1996, he was re-elected as the mayor of Stuttgart, Germany for 22 years. In 200 1 year, 73-year-old Manfred was appointed as the commander of French foreign troops by then French President Jacques Chirac in recognition of his contribution to the Franco-German friendship after World War II. 2013165438+1October 7th, Manfred rommel passed away.
Bild, the German daily with the largest circulation, had an exclusive interview with Manfred rommel, in which Manfred talked about his father, Marshal Rommel. Manfred said that his father didn't know about the plot on July 20th, because Rommel always thought that it was too dangerous to pin everything on the success of Hitler's assassination. Dead Hitler may be more dangerous than living Hitler. " For "What did the father leave for himself?" Manfred replied: "The aura of heroes, the desert war, chivalry and the recognition of opponents all left a tragic ending on the just side."