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General Erwin Rommel And General Heinz Guderian

1,260 CLOROXLORNANDSON  9.8 years ago

General Rommel and General Guderian in my eyes, where really the only respectable Generals of Nazi Germany. (And in NO way do I support the Aryan idealism)

Here's an example on Rommel.

Rommel understood and accepted that with war would come casualties, but he was not one to accept the unnecessary loss of life.[280] The Afrika Korps was never accused of any war crimes. Indeed, during the desert campaign, interactions between German and British troops encountering each other between battles were sometimes openly friendly.[281][282] Rommel defied Hitler's order to execute captured commandos. After the capture of commandos Lieutenant Roy Wooldridge and Lieutenant George Lane following Operation Fortitude, he placed them in a POW camp. When British Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Keyes was killed during a failed commando raid to kill or capture Rommel behind German lines, Rommel ordered him buried with full military honours.[283]

During Rommel's time in France, Hitler ordered him to deport the country's Jewish population; Rommel disobeyed.[284] Several times he wrote letters protesting against the treatment of the Jews. He also refused to comply with Hitler's order to execute Jewish POWs.[285] At his 17 June 1944 meeting with Hitler at Margival, he protested against the atrocity committed by the 2nd SS Panzer division Das Reich, which in retribution had massacred the citizens of the French town of Oradour-sur-Glane. Rommel asked to be allowed to punish the division.[N 10] While he implemented the construction of the many obstacles to strengthen the Atlantic Wall, Rommel directed that French workers were to be paid for their labour, and were not to be used as slave labourers.[N 11]

And one on Guderian.

Guderian and his staff surrendered to U.S. forces on 10 May 1945. He remained as a prisoner of war in U.S. custody until his release on 17 June 1948. His conduct was investigated and no charges were brought. After the war he was often invited to attend meetings of British veterans' groups, where he analyzed past battles with his old foes. During the early 1950s he advised on the reestablishment of military forces in West Germany. The reformed military was called the Bundeswehr.

Guderian died on 14 May 1954 at the age of 65, in Schwangau near Füssen in (Southern Bavaria) and is buried at the Friedhof Hildesheimer Straße in Goslar.

Notes written by Erwin Rommel while convalescing from injuries suffered in Normandy offered the following perspective into the development of armoured warfare in Germany:

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    44.0k PlanesOfOld

    Rommel was a Prussian, the Prussians did not like hitler's regime and most believed in chivalry but were forced to go along with nazism because if they didn't they might be killed. This is why we find stories of German officers halting battles or risking their lives to save injured allied soldiers.

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    @Flightsonic I hope Bjac doesn't get here

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    4,164 Glaceon

    @Peridorito87 And got killed.

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    @ShatterFox yeah, but he stood up for what he believed in and in the end, he was right.

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    4,164 Glaceon

    And thats what got Rommel killed. Sucks to be him.

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    @Flightsonic lol

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    49.1k Flightsonic

    @Peridorito87 idk really lol

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    @Flightsonic but, what ARE your opinions on these people?

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    @Flightsonic Probs!

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    49.1k Flightsonic

    @Peridorito87 well that will mean we'll see a lot of WWII planes! Right?

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    Before anyone asks, I love history and to study strategies and tactics of war. Is it just me?

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