Rommel's Peace

Rommel's Peace, a sequel to Rommel and the Rebel, is based on Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's attempt to arrange a ceasefire with the Allied High Command. The date is several weeks before D-Day. When Hitler rejects Rommel's request to draw up a surrender plan, the field marshal acts on his own. He sends Lt. Max Speigner, an American intelligence officer being held at a German POW camp, to deliver a ceasefire offer to England. Eisenhower suspects the Desert Fox is stalling for time, but Prime Minister Churchill agrees to meet with Rommel. Meanwhile, the D-Day invasion has begun. British commandos use the unsuspecting American as bait to assassinate Rommel. Speigner is caught in the middle as events spiral out of control.