Not that it could really be described as an argument. It's impossible to have an argument...
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Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel:
[describing a meeting with Hitler]
Not that it could really be described as an argument. It's impossible to have an argument with him in the sense that you and I could have an argument. He raves, he screams, he goes into such hysterics that it's like trying to make sense with a panic stricken woman.
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel:
[to Strolin]
He called him a coward!
Dr. Karl Strolin:
[to Rommel]
Did he really use that word to you?
Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel:
Not once, but several times. In Russia, he said, officers like me have been put against the wall and shot, and almost I think it couldn't happen to me.
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel:
And that was his thanks! That was his gratitude for all that Erwin has done for him.
Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel:
On the other hand, you mustn't hold people too accountable for everything they say when they're emotionally upset. The war is not going well, and he's naturally worried. But I'm afraid it'll be a long time before I forget what he did to the Afrika Korps.
Dr. Karl Strolin:
What was that?
Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel:
When the end was near, and I asked him to get them out, he said he had no further interest or concern in the Afrika Korps.
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel:
And that was THEIR thanks!
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Not that it could really be described as an argument
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It's impossible to have an argument with him
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in the sense that you and I could have an argument
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He raves he screams he goes into such hysterics
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that it's like trying to make sense with a panic stricken woman
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He called him a coward
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Did he really use that word to you
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Not once but several times
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In Russia he said officers like me have been put against the wall and shot
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Now must I think it couldn't happen to me too
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That was his thanks that was his gratitude for all that Erwin has done for him
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On the other hand you mustn't hold people too accountable
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for everything they say when they're emotionally upset
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The war is not going well and he's naturally worried
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But I'm afraid it will be a long time
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before I forget what he did to the Afrika Korps
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What was that
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When the end was near and I asked him to get them out
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he said he had no further interest or concern
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in the Afrika Korps
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And that was their thanks
Clip duration: 69 seconds
Views: 207
Timestamp in movie: 00h 26m 58s
Uploaded: 21 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, war
Summary: The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.
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