Waypoint with more of that content justifying their existence:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/waypoint-games-have-always-tried-to-whitewash-nazis-as-just-german-soldiers.124356/#post-22040604
ERA: NEEDS MORE PUNCHING!
Reminded me how people are starting paint Rommel with the brush of weird misinformed hero worship lately, because Tanks.
Rommel being "one of the good ones" has been around way, way longer than War of Tanks. Like, since right after the war ended.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rommel_myth
Rommel was sort of lucky that he got his stripes as a Panzer spearhead during the Battle for France which didn't last long and then moved on to fight in Africa.
Where it was mostly army vs. army in the giant open desert focused on attacking resources and vehicles rather than men and there was a sort of military 'mutual respect' in place for the enemy.
During the Africa campaign he got ill so he was left out of the whole eastern front mess. Then the Germans needed 'heroes' to defend the fatherland and moved him to oversee the construction of the atlantic wall.
It is rumored that Rommel sabotaged the German defense efforts and tried to come to terms with the Allies on the Western front as soon as the invasion started but he was by chance attacked by a fighter plane in transit.
I don't recall there was ever any solid evidence that Rommel's 'betrayal' was intentional and not just a calculated response to a battle he knew they couldn't win so his armies could retreat to fight another day.
It seems kinda weird that the guy who wanted to betray the third reich actually insisted on more tanks, defenses and troops directly on the beach to attack any invasion force head-on.
As opposed to the strategy of keeping units in reserve for a counter attack post invasion. It is said that if the Germans had actually opted for Rommel's strategy the D-Day landings might've been far more costly for the allies.
The navy artillery was proven to be quite ineffective to take out coastal defenses (most missed their mark and the fortifications were formidable) and it couldn't be used as soon as the landings started. Air power would've also been far less effective in close combat as opposed to bombing the neatly parked Panzers miles away from the front or on the open roads as they moved.
Finally there's the issue of the German high command including Hitler himself thinking that the 'real' attack would be at Calais and not Normandy because of the ports.
It seems kinda weird that Rommel would betray his country and blow his cover at the stage where they thought it was still a diversion.
And even if Rommel intended to betray Hitler (a claim for which the Germans actually had substantial evidence) there is a big difference between thinking that the leadership should be replaced and sabotaging the defense capability of his own army.
