Why was Erwin Rommel given a military funeral after his death?

Erwin Rommel was granted a state funeral with full military honors following his death on October 14, 1944, primarily as a calculated effort by Adolf Hitler to manage the public perception of the war hero's demise.1

After Rommel’s connections to the conspirators of the July Plot were discovered, Hitler sought to avoid the political fallout of having a popular figure—often portrayed by the propaganda ministry as the invincible "people's marshal"—stand trial as a traitor. To prevent this, Hitler offered Rommel the choice of suicide by poison, with the explicit assurance that his reputation and that of his family would remain unsullied if he avoided a public trial. By staging a funeral with full military honors, the regime maintained the facade of Rommel's status as a national hero, effectively concealing his forced suicide and his involvement in the opposition to Hitler.1