Patton, who was assigned to the VII Corpsheadquarters near the city. In addition to the relationship between their fathers, Rommel and Patton had a common birthday of 24 December. Patton IV, the son of his father's World War II adversary, George S. While Oberbürgermeister of Stuttgart, Rommel began a much publicised friendship with U.S. In 1947, he took his Abitur while studying in Biberach an der Riß and went on to study law at the University of Tübingen. Later, Manfred considered joining the Waffen SS, but his father opposed it. After his father was forced to commit suicide for his alleged complicity in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he deserted from the Wehrmacht and surrendered to General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny's French First Army. Background and Familyīorn in Stuttgart, Rommel entered service in the Luftwaffe at age 14, serving in an anti-aircraft battery. He was the only son of Erwin Rommel and his wife Lucia Maria Mollin.
Manfred Rommel, Hon. CBE (24 December 1928 – 7 November 2013) was a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served as Lord Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 until 1996.
