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Germany's opening run of victory in World War II was only made possible by the panzer forces that Gen. Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), the father of modern tank warfare, had created and trained, and by his audacious leadership of those forces from 1939-1941. Guderian's breakthrough at Sedan and his lightning drive to the Channel coast virtually decided the Battle of France. The drive he lead into the east came close to producing the complete collapse of Russia's armies, but at the end of 1941 Guderian was dismissed for taking a timely step back instead of pandering to Hitler's illusions. He was recalled to service only when Germany's situation had become desperate, and was eventually made Chief of the General Staff when it had become hopeless.

Rear cover notes: "The German panzer force was one of the military Wonders of the World. Between September 1939 and December 1941 it swept across Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea, leaving in its wake a trail of broken armies and defeated nations. The creator of this extraordinary military machine was Heinz Guderian."

Born in Kulm, Germany, on 17 June 1888, Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was the son of an army officer. He eventually joined the German Army and was commissioned in the Jaegers in 1908 where he became a communications specialist. He fought in the First World War and afterwards was a member of the right-wing Freikorps units. Between the wars, Guderian became a catalyst for developing a Panzer division in the German Army. By February 1938 he had been promoted to Lieutenant General; later that year Hitler appointed Guderian to the new post of Chief of Mobile Troops. Guderian was a man of ideas equipped with the ability to turn inspiration into reality. A master of strategy and tactics, he was the officer who led the attack on Poland in September and in so doing introduced the world to the reality of Blitzkrieg. This biography draws on material from Enigma sources and information taken directly from the extensive Guderian family archives to explore the man who was partly responsible for the development of modern tank warfare and who is considered to be the father of Blitzkrieg. The author also looks at Guderian s reaction to the July 1944 plot to kill Hitler as well as illuminates the struggles within the German hierarchy, in the process investigating why Guderian was so admired by some while denigrated by others.

Macksey, Kenneth, Guderian: Creator Of The Blitzkrieg

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A title which investigates how German armed forces have been forced from the brink of victory to defeat on two occasions during the century. Examines what Macksey sees as the inherent flaws in the German military system, as well as taking into account major preceding events and contributory factors.

Military men-and military historians-have not ceased to debate whether tanks are effective, efficient machines of war. Those best kinown in the history of tank warfare-General Fuller, sir Basil Liddell Hart, Patton, Guderian-changed their minds often. Kenneth Macksey's Tank Warfare is the definitive history of the policy-makers and the strategists who talked tanks. Perhaps even more important, it is the story of tank warfare itself - the split-second decisions, the battle-weary tank crews, the mud. Although use of tank-like vehicles was envisioned long before World War I (in 1903, for example, H. G. Wells published an article entitled "The Land Ironclad"), it was during that war to end all wars that tanks became a fact of modern military life and strategy. Macksey gives the reader of Tank Warfare a sense of being a part of the tank crews fighting for their lives. He also provides a clear understanding of the technical and tactical development of these "ungainly monsters" which were originally seen as armored horses (Liddell Hart wrote in 1926, "The tank attack is the modern revival of the cavalry charge") but which later, as the spearhead of the German blitzkrieg, came to be recognized as the key component in the mechanized land army's need for mobility and strategic flexibility. The book has 284 pages and is illustrated with photos and maps. Published in 1972.

Into the Den of the Bear is an eyewitness account of the Eastern Front unlike any other. The 17th Panzer Division served as the fist for General Heinz Guderian's 2nd Panzer Army in Operation Barbarossa and the author, Hermann Pfaeffle, was there. Flung into Operation Winter Storm - the attempted relief of Sixth Army at Stalingrad - the unit was nearly cut-off and encircled itself. Hermann Pfaeffle was there. Joining up with 13th Panzer in the momentous retreat across the Hungarian plain, Pfaeffle escapes annihilation at Budapest only to face captivity in the hands of Résistance fighters. Facing death in numerous encounters, this is the story of a survivor and his four-years on the Eastern Front, the bloodiest killing fields in the history of warfare.

Germany's opening run of victory in World War II was only made possible by the panzer forces that Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), the father of modern tank warfare, had created and trained, and by his audacious leading of those forces from 1939-1941. Guderian's breakthrough at Sedan and lightning drive to the Channel coast virtually decided the Battle of France. The drive he led into the East came close to producing the complete collapse of Russia's armies, but at the end of 1941 Guderian was dismissed for taking a timely step back instead of pandering to Hitler's illusions. He was recalled to service only when Germany's situation had become desperate, and was eventually made Chief of the General Staff when it had become hopeless.

The classic account of Germany's generals, their rise and fall and their own accounts of military events from 1939-45. From Guderian's masterly sweep into Poland to the bitter and bloody battles of Rommel in the Western Desert and von Paulus in the Russian snow - here is World War II as it was seen by the men who commanded the Panzer Divisions and the might of the Wehrmacht. This book provides a history of the World War II, much of it compiled from Liddell Hart's own interrogations of the captives at Nuremburg, giving an account of Hitler's War from the viewpoint of Germany's High Command.

Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939. Personally leading the devastating attack which traversed the Ardennes Forest and broke through French lines, he was at the forefront of the race to the Channel coast. Only Hitler's personal command to halt prevented Guderian's tanks and troops turning Dunkirk into an Allied bloodbath. Later commanding Panzergruppe 2 in Operation Barbarossa, Guderian's armoured spearhead took Smolensk after fierce fighting and was poised to launch the final assault on Moscow when he was ordered south to Kiev. In the battle that followed, he helped encircle and capture over 600,000 Soviet troops after days of combat in the most terrible conditions. Panzer Leader is a searing firsthand account of the most effective fighting force in modern history by the man who commanded it.

Paperback. The classic inside account of the BlitzkriegHeinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939.Personally leading the devastating attack which traversed the Ardennes Forest and broke through French lines, he was at the forefront of the race to the Channel coast. Only Hitler's personal command to halt prevented Guderian's tanks and troops turning Dunkirk into an Allied bloodbath.Later commanding Panzergruppe 2 in Operation Barbarossa, Guderian's armoured spearhead took Smolensk after fierce fighting and was poised to launch the final assault on Moscow when he was ordered south to Kiev. In the battle that followed, he helped encircle and capture over 600,000 Soviet troops after days of combat in the most terrible conditions.Panzer Leader is a searing firsthand account of the most effective fighting force in modern history by the man who commanded it. Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939. This book presents an account of one of the most effective fighting force in modern history by the man who commanded it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Germany's opening run of victory in World War II was only made possible by the panzer forces that Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), the father of modern tank warfare, had created and trained, and by his audacious leading of those forces from 1939-1941. Guderian's breakthrough at Sedan and lightning drive to the Channel coast virtually decided the Battle of France. The drive he led into the East came close to producing the complete collapse of Russia's armies, but at the end of 1941 Guderian was dismissed for taking a timely step back instead of pandering to Hitler's illusions. He was recalled to service only when Germany's situation had become desperate, and was eventually made Chief of the General Staff when it had become hopeless.

The story of one of Germany's most renowned panzer commandersBased on Eberbach's own papers and writingsDetails on the armored opponent the Allies faced after D-DayIn July 1944, after fighting in most of Germany's campaigns--Poland, France in 1940, the Eastern Front--and then serving as Heinz Guderian's troubleshooter, General of Panzer Troops Hans Eberbach took command of Panzer Group West near the vital city of Caen in the British sector of Normandy. During the next two months, Eberbach led German tanks against the Allied onslaught in an ultimately vain attempt to stop the breakthrough into France's interior. Captured by the British at the end of August, Eberbach nevertheless secured himself a place among Germany's best panzer leaders.

Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939. Personally leading the devastating attack which traversed the Ardennes Forest and broke through French lines, he was at the forefront of the race to the Channel coast. Only Hitler's personal command to halt prevented Guderian's tanks and troops turning Dunkirk into an Allied bloodbath. Later commanding Panzergruppe 2 in Operation Barbarossa, Guderian's armoured spearhead took Smolensk after fierce fighting and was poised to launch the final assault on Moscow when he was ordered south to Kiev. In the battle that followed, he helped encircle and capture over 600,000 Soviet troops after days of combat in the most terrible conditions. Panzer Leader is a searing firsthand account of the most effective fighting force in modern history by the man who commanded it.

The classic account of Germany's generals, their rise and fall and their own accounts of military events from 1939-45. From Guderian's masterly sweep into Poland to the bitter and bloody battles of Rommel in the Western Desert and von Paulus in the Russian snow - here is World War II as it was seen by the men who commanded the Panzer Divisions and the might of the Wehrmacht. This book provides a history of the World War II, much of it compiled from Liddell Hart's own interrogations of the captives at Nuremburg, giving an account of Hitler's War from the viewpoint of Germany's High Command.

Germany's opening run of victory in World War II was only made possible by the panzer forces that Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), the father of modern tank warfare, had created and trained, and by his audacious leading of those forces from 1939-1941. Guderian's breakthrough at Sedan and lightning drive to the Channel coast virtually decided the Battle of France. The drive he led into the East came close to producing the complete collapse of Russia's armies, but at the end of 1941 Guderian was dismissed for taking a timely step back instead of pandering to Hitler's illusions. He was recalled to service only when Germany's situation had become desperate, and was eventually made Chief of the General Staff when it had become hopeless.

Paperback. Hitler's drive to modernise his armed forces gained a new momentum with the arrival on stage of Col. Heinz Guderian - the future spiritus movens of German armored warfare doctrine. Behind the scenes German design teams were busy working on prototypes of vehicles that would soon become the tools of the future war - light Pz.Kpfw. I and II, heavy (in keeping with contemporary classification) Pz.Kpfw. IV and medium Pz.Kpfw. III armed with a 37 mm gun. In the early stages of fighting in France it became clear that the vehicle didn't carry enough punch and in later marks of the tank the 37 mm main gun was superseded by a 50 mm weapon. The ultimate version of the Pz.Kpfw. III was armed with a short barrel 75 mm gun, the largest that the tank's turret could accommodate. drawings sheets, colour profiles, archival photographs Covers the Panzer III which was used by the Germans in campaigns in Poland, France, the Soviet Union, and North Africa, as well as in Normandy and during Operation Market Garden. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

The German campaigns in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940 ushered in a new era in warfare. The theory of blitzkrieg, lightning war, developed by Guderian and other German generals was put into devastating practice. Blitzkrieg is an oral history of those successful early Wehrmacht campaigns. The accounts of these soldiers give a unique, inside look at the workings of the Nazi war machine at the height of its success. The original book Panzers in Action was published in Germany during the war and has never before been translated into English. Until now.