Heinz Guderian

Heinz Guderian (June 17, 1888 - May 14, 1954) was Hitler's well known "Panzer General" and one of the founders of the so-called "Blitzkrieg". He designed the technical principles of the modern tank war in Germany and built the tank weapon between the First and the Second World Wars. His ideas were greatly influenced by J.F.C. Fuller.

He wrote the book Achtung Panzer!, about tank warfare, shortly before World War II.

Books

• Achtung Panzer! (1937, reissued by Cassell Academic[?], 2000) ISBN 0304352853
• Panzer Leader (transl. of Erinnerungen eines Soldaten) (New York: Dutton[?], 1952, reprint DaCapo Press[?], 2001) ISBN 0306811014
• From Normandy to the Ruhr: With the 116th Panzer Division in WWII (The Aberjona Press[?], 2001) ISBN 0966638972

Reference

• Kenneth Macksey[?], Guderian: Panzer General (1992, revision of Guderian, Creator of the Blitzkrieg, 1976)