I am going to agree with Kai on this one.... this really is an interesting question...

Rommel probably had a better chance of retreating then say Hoth or Paulus.
But then Again Hitler himself was in a stage of denial as to what was really going on at Stalingrad he just couldnt imagine that the city had not fallen yet.

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