Aug 18, Mike Harbert rated it it was amazing Shelves: To read it and then know what happened after when his ideas were put into play is an amazing historical perspective on tank warfare. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. Please try again later. Excellent introduction and notes in the English translation. Some about operational tactics discussed. This page was last edited on 5 September , at
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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Guderian is considered to be the brain behind the Achgung strategy and one of the leading tank warfare tacticians.
Views Read Edit View history. In turn, some of his predictions on how enemies would react are spot-on. This first English translation of Heinz Guderian's classic book - used as a textbook by Panzer officers in the war - has an introduction and extensive background notes by the modern English historian Paul Harris. After the war Guderi First of all I will admit that I love this book. It was never properly studied by the French or the English general staff, both of whom helped introduced the tank.
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A lot of technical details make this read not necessarily a "pleasure" read, but scholars and history buffs will love Guderian's in-depth analysis also, the ending of the book ends on an interesting flourish commonly found in ancient Greek texts, where the writer invokes the favour of the gods for victory, revealing Guderian's classical education, common for officers in that era, adding a personal touch to this purposeful study. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. Steal the book-cover off something else preferably something socially acceptable like the new A solid primary source for those interested in learning about the pre-WWII evolution of German armoured theory.
Dec 18, Thomas Marianini rated it really liked it. Anyone engaged to translate this pamzer should have known better. This article about a book on military history is a stub. While slow, unreliable, cumbersome and unwieldy at first, once tactics learned by trial and error as well as bloody experience began to yield results, the tank was on its way to becoming a battlefield necessity.
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When that war came, just two years later, he proved it, leading his Panzers with distinction in the Polish, French and Russian campaigns. His tanks were greatly successful in the invasions of Poland and France and, perceived as pro-Nazi, Guderian was much in favour.
Nov 27, Terence Hiscock rated it it was amazing. We're featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book. First of all I will admit that I love this book.
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There are occasionally pieces which come across as guderizn or self-aggrandizing possibly to make the views appeal to other armed forces who had different ideas about tanks than Guderian. His insights were proved very soon after this book was published- and when german tanks overran Poland, France, and a big chunk of USSR, Germany had mainly Guderian to A very far-sighted analysis of the panzer weapons capabilities.
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Don't have a Kindle? He then applies those lessons to the then-current mid-late s political situation to argue how armor warfare should be fought. Detailed accounts of most if not all WW1 tank actions are distilled into one big lesson for tank operations - tanks must attack en-masse with surprise, and must be supported by motorised troops if any gains are to be held.
Dec 29, Jason rated it really liked it. User Review - Flag as inappropriate If only Arabs Egyptians and Syrians have read this book and Mastered the theory and practice preached in this masterpiece textbook, they wouldn't have been humiliated by the Israelis so often. Pages with related products.
Very good book for any history or war buff. The many photographs included in acthung German edition are included, as are the excellent maps and, perhaps best of all, the little silhouettes used in the original to end each chapter. Aug 28, Jeroen added it Shelves: However, when the Achtuhg invasion failed in the winter ofGuderian was forced to resign, not to regain his position untilwhen the war was all but lost.
However, when the Russian invasion achtunf in the winter ofGuderian was forced to resign, not to regain his position untilwhen the war was all but lost. The technical memoirs of a superb military mind. A few of these also had the courage to state that the old ways of war, especially with mounted cavalry, were obsolete.
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