Sort of inspired by the Cliche thread but also something thats puzzled me now and then:
Rommel features a lot in AH were Hitler is killed off, Valkyrie PODs mainly but elsewhere. He seems to be protrayed as liberal, or at least democratic as oppossed to most German generals who are portrayed as authoritarian and conservative in differing shades (in one story I read he becomes President of a post-Nazi Germany in the 1970s as a Liberal, while Manstein or someone else is leader of the Christian Democrat opposition). Is there any indication in history as to his actual politics?
It seems to me he's portrayed in such a light because of his dashing military record, his anti-Nazi tendencies and lack of enthusiasm over anti-Semitism (I believe he went to the trouble of covering up for Jewish POWs in North Africa).
Is this wishful thinking for one of the 'good guys' in Germany that got screwed over, or is there some substance to it?
Any information would be most helpful.
Cheers,
Jape
Rommel features a lot in AH were Hitler is killed off, Valkyrie PODs mainly but elsewhere. He seems to be protrayed as liberal, or at least democratic as oppossed to most German generals who are portrayed as authoritarian and conservative in differing shades (in one story I read he becomes President of a post-Nazi Germany in the 1970s as a Liberal, while Manstein or someone else is leader of the Christian Democrat opposition). Is there any indication in history as to his actual politics?
It seems to me he's portrayed in such a light because of his dashing military record, his anti-Nazi tendencies and lack of enthusiasm over anti-Semitism (I believe he went to the trouble of covering up for Jewish POWs in North Africa).
Is this wishful thinking for one of the 'good guys' in Germany that got screwed over, or is there some substance to it?
Any information would be most helpful.
Cheers,
Jape