Why wasn’t Erwin Rommel or Heinz Gudarian directly involved with the battle of the bulge. Didn’t Gudarian lead the spearhead through the Ardennes in the battle of France? it seems like he was most qualified for this job. Being that the main objective was to get behind enemy lines and to Antwerp.
Neither man was available. Erwin Rommel committed suicide in October 1944 after being implicated in the assassination plot. Guderian became chief of staff of the German Army on 21 July 1944 and remained as such for the duration of the war.