BlairWitch749
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Yes, very true!He was definitely one of the "good guys" as far as postwar British and American military historians were concerned...
So, who do you see assuming the role of figurehead for any military regime Guderian and friends managed to cobble together? One of the surviving Nazi hierarchs - Goering, as the legal successor? Or somebody else? If Rommel sides with them, as he well might, I can see them appointing him to some high military command like OB West or something (if he's fit enough by then) to try and use his personal popularity with civilians etc to shore up their support.
Although even if they did do that, I very much doubt it would play out like Fox on the Rhine, which was more than a bit wanky imho...
Guderian would install himself...don't forget on top of being a ruthless political hack, he was also a hardcore nazi (as much as he pretended not to be in his book)... I assume between the plotters and or guderian's house cleaning Goering would probably be iced (most icing done by Guderian... since the plotters wanted to arrest people... Guderian had no such qualms and would have steeled himself quite easily to execute anyone and everyone he felt necessary to assure his mission would succeed)... the party could coalesce around Guderian anyway... he has nazi credentials; speer and the eastern marshals where tight with him, and everyone else he would need to work with (except kluge who he would line up against a wall) could play ball with him
Rommel had philisophical disagreements with Guderian, but he could work for and under him without bitching (so long as his position was confirmed and Guderian didn't interfere with his management of the front too much)