Secrets of World War II

What Really Happened to Rommel? (1x6)

: 05, 1998

On October 14, 1944, Germany's greatest military leader said goodbye to his beloved wife and son, and was then escorted away by two officers sent by Adolf Hitler. Shortly thereafter Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was dead. Was it suicide? Retribution? Why would the Fuhrer order the death of his greatest general and one-time supporter? This episodes unravels this enduring mystery and reveals what really happened to Rommel.