Posted on 03/19/2024 9:21:47 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this date* in 1945, Friedrich Fromm found out that you have to pick a side. The cunning career army officer had been serving as the head of the Replacement Army.
This position provided access to the Fuhrer for Fromm — and for his chief of staff, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg. And it gave his office the authority to issue the “Valkyrie” orders for quelling civil unrest that Stauffenberg’s circle would use to attempt to seize Berlin.
Fromm realized that his underling was involved in a plot against the Nazi dictator, but neither joined it nor smashed it.
This play-it-safe approach turned out not to be safe at all. When Stauffenberg’s attempt to assassinate Hitler failed, Fromm hastily attempted to cover his tracks by summarily executing Stauffenberg and co-conspirators....
(Excerpt) Read more at executedtoday.com ...
Sometimes foolish people think they can work with a fascist dictator who only admires other dictators. This is always a mistake.
At least Rommel was given a gun with one bullet............
I thought they gave him a cyanide pill???
I think that was Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe just before his execution.................
And the winning side at that.
I don’t even think he was part of the plot.
He wasn’t. But he was aware of it.................
Rommel got a cyanide pill.
Because Hitler did not want a State Trial and being exposed.
He was given poison and the guarantee his family would be safe from any reprisals.
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