I Don’t Need Nazis In My Germany

March 16, 1940

Berlin, Northern Germany – Government Complex Photographs of General Rommel and General Lutz making their triumphant entry into Danzig, and General Manstein and General Guderian into Posen, proudly adorned the front pages of all daily newspapers in Germany.

The four men in charge of the armored units, the key to this Polish War, became sudden stars.

In particular, Erwin Rommel, 'the conscientious soldier who stopped Hitler and defended Berlin,' and Erich von Manstein, 'the great strategist who brought down Poland at once,' truly became heroes of all of Germany.

In the end, it was a good ending for them, as they both became the heroes of Germany they had so longed to be…

But General Witzleben, who trusted me from the early days of the new government, and my mentor, General Model, are still reinforcing the Siegfried Line (the French Front) just in case.

Without them, who succeeded in that brilliant withdrawal operation from Italy, there would have been no military force to counterattack Poland in the first place.

Knowing that well, I was secretly jealous.

Honestly, if I had my way, I would have put those two generals in that position.