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Erwin Rommel: A Tragic Hero

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Today is the day that we, the United States of America, the fighters, and the victors of World War II, gather to remember an unfortunate enemy who was on the wrong side of a tragic conflict: Erwin Rommel. Rommel, a German field marshal, the commander of the 7th panzer division, an ignorer of anti-Semitic orders, a brilliant tactician, the father of tank warfare, a courageous soldier, a respected leader, father to the mayor of Stuttgart, and the Desert Fox, was murdered because of his involvement in operation Valkyrie, a plot to assassinate Hitler, a last hope to save Germany, and an ultimate failure. Rommel was the field marshal during the blitzkrieg, a lightning war against Poland, France, and Britain, and he obliterated his British adversaries
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