Chapter 101:
< World War II - Our Fatherland (1) >
May 10, 1940
Berlin, Northern Germany, Army General Staff Headquarters After sending a reply to Spain's leader, Franco, agreeing to a secret meeting.
General Hammerstein, who had sided with the working-level officials alongside General Witzleben since the beginning of the New Government, resigned after the invasion of Poland due to deteriorating health.
As the man who supported Witzleben when he opposed the opinion to eliminate me during the military government's coup conspiracy, it was quite a personal shame.
I wondered why he, who was next in rank to Rundstedt, was unknown in modern times, but it seems it was because he withdrew from the battlefield early.
In any case, with his retirement, we had to pick a new commander for an Army Group. The Italian front forces are currently divided into three large Army Groups.
First is the Rundstedt Army Group, led by Gerd von Rundstedt. As the most senior officer of the current Wehrmacht, it's natural for him to lead an Army Group.
Under his command are Erwin Rommel and General Oswald Lutz.