Killing Patton

What happened to Field Marshall Rommel in Chapter 2?

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Although Rommel was not a part of the plot to kill Hitler, he knew about the plot, but did not report it. In October of 1944, SS trooper surrounded Rommel's home and have orders to kill everyone inside if Rommel tried to flee. Rommel was given the choice to take a suicide capsule or have his entire family killed. Rommel left with Burgdorf and Maisel and the SS. They took him into the forest and gave him the suicide pill. Fifteen minutes later Field Marshall Rommel was dead. His official cause of death was listed as heart attack.