Germany didn't decide to promote Rommel after the war... the UK and US government including Hollywood decided to do so before there was a West German governement.
This is what he won by stroking the Anglo-American press the way they wanted it and waging war in a way the British 8th Army, Churchill and the Americans viewed as honorable toward their troops. Its also what he won by defending Jews in his areas of operation as post war Hollywood wouldn't have promoted a Jew killer.
Its also easier to have a dead symbol then a live one and especially one the Soviets and Polish couldn't attack as a war criminal as he never fought either place.
This is what he won by stroking the Anglo-American press the way they wanted it and waging war in a way the British 8th Army, Churchill and the Americans viewed as honorable toward their troops. Its also what he won by defending Jews in his areas of operation as post war Hollywood wouldn't have promoted a Jew killer.
Its also easier to have a dead symbol then a live one and especially one the Soviets and Polish couldn't attack as a war criminal as he never fought either place.
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