Rommel was an ardent anti-Nazi who opposed Hitler and led a noble campaign with his Afrika Korps

Erwin Rommel, possibly the most well-known German general during World War II, was not a member of the Nazi Party, it is true. However, it is also true that Rommel was a close friend of Hitler's for a long time and even oversaw his personal protection during the Polish war. He is commonly portrayed in movies as the great German Afrika Korps commander. His 1,400-mile withdrawal to avoid the British armies' numerically superior forces was his most masterful manoeuvre.

Rommel's mythology was first spread to the German people as propaganda by Josef Goebbels to boost morale throughout the war. After the war, British and American sources helped to spread the legend of his skill on the battlefield and his involvement as a "good German," that is, as a professional commander and gentleman. The Western Allies in post-World War II Europe needed the distinction as rationale for reactivating the West German Army, which they saw as essential for the Cold War.

In the early stages of the war, Rommel did lead brilliantly in France and North Africa. He also oversaw the majority of the Atlantic Wall's construction, which was part of Germany's fortifications against the Allied invasion of France. Nevertheless, he backed Hitler wholeheartedly for the majority of the conflict and opposed killing the Fuhrer. His legend was largely created as a result of German propaganda, Churchillian rhetoric, and coordinated Allied history revision in the years following World War II.