How did Erwin Rommel begin his military career in 1910?

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Erwin Rommel began his military career in 1910 by joining the 124th Württemberg Infantry Regiment as an officer cadet. Although his family lacked a military tradition, he pursued this path as a career in the army became increasingly fashionable among the middle class following the establishment of the German Empire in 1871.1