Rommel's son's account of his father's last moments

A poignant account of the German general Erwin Rommel being led away to his death told by his teenage son has been discovered.

In a revealing letter written by Manfred Rommel, he tells of his father's last moments after he was ordered to commit suicide by Adolf Hitler.

His father explained to him he had to poison himself after being implicated in a plot to assassinate the Nazi dictator.

The 15-year-old described watching Rommel, known as the 'Desert Fox', being led into a staff car by two German generals minutes later....