Rommel wasn’t a Nazi.
Correct. He never joined the party. He was one of the last of the traditional Prussian officer corps. Most old-school German soldiers loathed Hitler. They called him “that Bohemian corporal” behind his back. Rommels son ended up rising to the rank of general in the West German Bundeswehr.
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Rommel’s history re: Nazism is a mixed bag. No, he was not a Nazi but like many German soldiers embraced, or at least did not oppose, the Nazis who were going to rebuild the German Armed forces. This is not to denegrate the man but to point out the old adage about good men doing nothing.
“Rommel wasn’t a Nazi.”
Quite true. Rommel had no use for Nazis.
He most certainly was a Nazi, just lacking some of the malignant psychology of the leadership. Rommel wanted to rule the world as much as any of them.