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He was Hitler's favorite general. The legendary Desert Fox. Erwin Rommel.

Brilliant tactician who nearly defeated the British in North Africa. Wehrmacht icon. Nazi propaganda poster boy. The man Hitler trusted completely.

But by 1944, Rommel knew the truth:
Germany was losing the war
Hitler was insane
Continuing meant pointless slaughter

So Rommel made the ultimate choice: He joined the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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JULY 20, 1944: THE FAILED ASSASSINATION

Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg plants a bomb at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters. The bomb explodes. But Hitler survives.

The conspirators are rounded up. The Gestapo tortures them for names. One name appears repeatedly in the confessions:

ERWIN ROMMEL.

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HITLER'S DILEMMA:

Rommel is a national hero. The most popular general in Germany. A propaganda icon.

If the German people learn their greatest general opposed Hitler, morale will collapse. The military might rebel. The Reich could crumble from within.

Hitler needs Rommel dead. But he needs the lie alive.

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OCTOBER 14, 1944: THE ULTIMATUM

Two generals arrive at Rommel's home in Herrlingen. They carry a message from the Führer himself:

OPTION 1: Public trial
You're charged with treason
Your wife is executed
Your son is executed
Your name is destroyed
You die in disgrace

OPTION 2: Suicide
Take this cyanide capsule
Die quietly in the car
We announce you died from your injuries (from Allied strafing attack)
Your family receives full pension
You get a state funeral with military honors
Germany remembers you as a hero

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THE FINAL FIFTEEN MINUTES:

Rommel asks for 15 minutes alone with his wife, Lucie.

He tells her everything. The conspiracy. The choice. What he must do.

He kisses her goodbye. He tells his son he'll be back in half an hour.

He gets in the car with the two generals. They drive to a secluded forest road.

They hand him the cyanide capsule.

Twenty minutes later, Erwin Rommel is dead. Age 52.

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THE PERFECT LIE:

October 18, 1944: Hitler announces Rommel died from wounds suffered in an Allied air attack.

He receives a massive state funeral. Full military honors. Hitler sends a wreath. The entire Nazi leadership attends.

The Desert Fox, loyal to Germany until the end.

The lie worked perfectly.

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THE TRUTH EMERGES:

The truth didn't come out until AFTER the war when:
Lucie Rommel testified
The two generals confessed
Conspiracy trial documents were discovered
Hitler's private papers revealed the forced suicide order

Germany's greatest general died because he tried to kill Hitler.

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THE COMPLEXITY:

Rommel remains controversial:
Hero who opposed Hitler? ✓
Brilliant military commander? ✓
But also: served Hitler for years ✓
Enabled Nazi conquests ✓
Complicated legacy ✓

History isn't simple. Rommel wasn't a pure hero or pure villain. He was a man who served evil, then tried to stop it, and paid with his life.

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