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Assassination of Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel14 October 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Gestapo give Rommel the choice of a trial or suicide disguised as a heart attack. Rommel decides to poison himself

Names involved

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

Provenance

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