von Kluge consented to Rommel sounding out the army and corps commanders about their attitude in the event of a military take-over for a separate peace in France. Von Kluge’s own attitude was that he was ready to place himself at the disposal of the leaders of the military putsch if Hitler were removed, but beyond that he would not go. By the 15th Rommel had received similar assurances from all his senior officers, including the two most senior Waffen-SS commanders, Oberstgruppenführer Paul Hausser, commanding the Seventh Army, and Sepp Dietrich, commanding the I SS-Panzerkorps.
