Let's say that some how, some way, Rommel fakes his suicide, and then gives himself up to American & British forces after escaping Germany. (This all happens at the same time Rommel committed suicide OTL)
He convinces the Allies to keep him alive and keep it a secret that he is their prisoner until after Germany and the rest of the axis powers officially surrender (for the sake of his family).
What would become the fate of the person that some consider to be the greatest General of WWII?
Will he be later executed by Allied forces as a German War Criminal?
Or will he have some part in the new West Germany?
I hope this isn't something that has been done before, but it probably is.
Your thoughts, good people of AH.com.