Rommel was obviously forced to death by Hitler, why did he hold a "state funeral" after his death
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On October 14, 1944, Rommel was executed by Hitler for treason in Herlingen, near Ulm, for which many mourned. But Hitler was because of Rommel's outstanding performance on the battlefield"Decent"Earth ended Rommel's life with his own hands and hypocritically held it for Rommel after his death"State funeral"。Why did Rommel hypocritically hold it after Hitler's death"State funeral"This?
This was the assassination of Hitler. At that time, the situation of the German army on the front line was already very critical, and Hitler was still blindly commanding, so on July 20, 1944, a group of senior German officers who did not want to die with Hitler detonated a bomb and tried to assassinate Hitler, but without success.
Hitler did not die, he escaped the punishment of ** crime, but this made Hitler very angry, he became extremely suspicious of the people around him, and began a large-scale battle"The Great Purge"Movement, anyone who participated in ** or was suspected of being Hitler was sentenced to death without mercy!
Meanwhile, on July 17, 1944, two days before Hitler's death, Rommel was riding back to his headquarters from the Normandy front, but was attacked on the way by two Allied (British) planes, and the car crashed into a large tree on the side of the road, and Rommel was thrown out of the car. When Rommel received first aid, he was found to have four broken heads; He was badly wounded, but miraculously survived.
The senior military officer who had previously assassinated Hitler was close to Rommel, so Himmler made a list of conspirators who had not yet been **, and Rommel was of course fifth.
Seeing that Rommel was still recuperating in the hospital, Hitler did not take immediate action, but again instructed Himmler to wait until after Rommel ** to question him, and remained silent.
After Rommel was discharged from the hospital, he watched as his assistants were taken away one by one and monitored by the secret police near his home. A few days later, Field Marshal Keitel, chief of staff of the Supreme High Command, sent a call to Rommel and asked him to come to Berlin to discuss a new way of working.
The next day, Rommel was taken to a secret meeting and told that he could commit suicide or be tried and executed for treason. Knowing that he had no choice, Rommel decided to end his life by suicide, knowing that he had become a scapegoat for the conspirators.
Rommel then said goodbye to his family, followed the visitors into their car, and committed suicide by poisoning himself in a secluded forest not far from his home.
Rommel died, and Hitler still held him hypocritical"State funeral", Rommel did not die on the battlefield, he died at his own hands, more precisely, at the hands of Hitler, and it was a sober ending.
Hitler hosted for Rommel"State funeral"Rommel is the general's favorite general, if Rommel dies, the impact on Hitler will be very bad, and no one dares to die for him on the battlefield. Moreover, Rommel's status in the country was very high, and Rommel was the idol of the German masses, so Rommel's death was also feared by Hitler, lest it cause dissatisfaction among the masses. So Rommel's"State funeral"Just for others, Hitler was only for his own interests.