 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rommel akasimudzirwa kuGeneralmajor musi wa23 Nyamavhuvhu 1939 uye akagadzwa semutungamiriri weFührerbegleitbatallion, akapihwa basa rekurinda Hitler nehofisi yake yepamusoro panguva yekupinda kwePoland, iyo yakatanga musi wa1 Gunyana. Maererano naRemy, tsamba dzepachivande dzaRommel panguva ino dzinoratidza kuti haana kunzwisisa hunhu chaihwo hwaHitler nezvinangwa, sezvo akakurumidza kubva pakufanotaura kugadziriswa kwekunyarara kwekunetsana nekukurumidza kusvika pakubvumidza maitiro aHitler mabhomba achatsiviwa nemabhomba pachiitiko cheGleiwitzbasa rokunyepera rakagadzirwa naHitler uye rakashandiswa sechikonzero chokupinda. Hitler akafarira mushandirapamwe wacho somunhu oga, kazhinji achifamba pedyo nepamberi muFührersonderzug chitima chemahofisi makuru. Rommel aipinda misangano yaHitler yezuva nezuva yehondo uye aienda naye kwese kwese, achishandisa mukana wacho kuti anyatsocherechedza mashandisirwo aiitwa matangi nezvimwe zvikamu zvine mota. Musi wa 26 September Rommel akadzokera kuBerlin kunogadzira dzimbahwe idzva rechikamu chake muReich Chancellery. Rommel akadzokera kwenguva pfupi kuWarsaw yakatorwa musi wa5 Gumiguru kuitira kuti agadzirire mutambo wechiGerman wekukunda. Mutsamba yaakanyorera mudzimai wake akataura kuti pashure pemazuva anoverengeka okuvharirwa kwokufamba nokuiswa mungozi muguta rakaparadzwa, vagari vakanga vaponeswa zvino. 