It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else.

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) during World War II. Posthumous reputation
Rundstedt was buried in full uniform in Hannover-Stöcken cemetery. But whether Rundstedt knew this was another matter and this question was later to figure prominently in the issue of whether to charge him with war crimes.

Rundstedt was aware of the various plots to depose Hitler but refused to support them. He commanded Army Group A during the German invasion of France and was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal on 19 July 1940.