Because he is the German general who scares the British the most. When he attacked France, he set a record for the fastest troop advance. In North Africa, he also defeated the British army with fewer victories and more consecutive victories. Therefore, he is respected.
Rommel, Field Marshal of Nazi Germany, strategist, tactician, and theorist.
He joined the army in July 1910 and went to France with the army during World War I. He later fought against the Romanians and Italians on the Eastern Front and was awarded the Blue Max Medal by the Kaiser. After World War I, he served as an infantry battalion commander and an instructor at the Army Academy.
In 1938, Rommel served as commander of the Führer Headquarters. In February 1940, he was appointed commander of the German 7th Armored Division, earning the division the title of "Devil's Division". In January 1941, Hitler selected Lieutenant General Rommel as commander of the Army in Africa. After arriving in North Africa, within two months, he quickly reversed the initial situation of the North African war and was promoted to general.
In June 1942, he was promoted to German Field Marshal. During World War II, Rommel was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow Hitler. Under Hitler's persecution, Rommel was forced to commit suicide by taking poison in a truck on October 14, 1944. He was 53 years old.
Rommel was nicknamed the Desert Fox and the Imperial Eagle. Together with Manstein and Guderian, he was known by later generations as the three famous generals of Nazi Germany during World War II. His evaluation tends to be polarized. Those who support him call him the Nazi God of War. His superb military qualities and excellent tactical command skills are respected and admired by many military enthusiasts and even famous military strategists.
Opponents called him a tactical giant and a strategic dwarf based on his strategic mistakes; given that Rommel was once one of Hitler's most capable generals and a leader of the Nazi regime. Tools of aggression, therefore also known as World War II arsonists.
Rommel is the most respected because he is the German general who scares the British the most. Especially in the North African battlefield, British soldiers almost always shouted that Rommel was coming, and then put down their weapons and surrendered. In Tubruk, he captured 33,000 British soldiers with 15,000 soldiers. Who can do this? He also captured senior British generals, which was rare in World War II.
The German generals are all very good. You have to know that no matter which war it was in World War II, the Germans used fewer people to fight more people. Poland, France, the Soviet Union, and the Germans in North Africa all used fewer people to fight more.
Especially in North Africa, Rommel's army was inferior to the British army in numbers and tanks. Even so, as long as the gasoline supply could keep up, Rommel would never lose to Montgomery. In the end, his troops ran out of gas and started fighting.
Of the people you listed, Goebbels was Prime Minister, not a soldier, but he was also a strong man and was good at propaganda. His famous saying is: A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth.
Kesselring was a member of the Air Force and personally organized the German Air Force. Of course, it cannot be said that the German Air Force has a remarkable record without his contribution. D?nitz was a naval officer and he actively advocated submarine warfare. German Navy submarines sank countless British and American ships.
Lundstetter was born into a family of generals, but he mainly fought on the Soviet battlefield. You know, the Soviets just piled corpses and wasted German bullets during the war. After the war, statistics showed that they killed more than 13 million troops and more than 20 million civilians. The German army in the Soviet Union was only so many. Among these people, Keitel should be said to be close. He was able to become marshal entirely because Hitler trusted him.