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Guderian insisted in 1933 to the high command that every tank in the German armoured force must be equipped with radio.
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Guderian insisted in 1933, within the high command, that every tank in the German armoured force must be equipped with radio and visual equipment in order to enable the tank commander to communicate and perform a decisive role in blitzkrieg.
Guderian and 1933
Born in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Heinz Günther Guderian entered the German Army as an officer cadet on April 1, 1933.
Guderian and high
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Guderian and command
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After the creation of the Bundeswehr, Guderian returned to the army and was given command of Panzerbattalion 3 ( later 174 ) and, later, Panzerbrigade 14.
During this time he attempted to relieve Guderian of his command after he disobeyed orders to halt their advance toward the Channel ; the Army Group A commander, Gerd von Rundstedt, refused to confirm the order, and the Franco-British armies were trapped.
When May came of that same year, the unit took part in the Battle of France, as a part of the XIX Army Corps ( Germany ) under the command of Heinz Guderian, their former commander.
Heinz Guderian ensured that all German tanks had radio receivers in order to make his command effective.
Guderian and every
From then on, every unit that served in the Panzergruppe Guderian wore a large ' G ' on every tank, truck or motorcycle.
Guderian and tank
Guderian said that the tank deployment was “ on too small a scale to allow accurate assessments to be made .” The true test of his “ armoured idea ” would have to wait for the Second World War.
Guderian claimed there was opposition from many officers who gave primacy to the infantry or simply doubted the usefulness of the tank.
Another theorist, Ernst Volckheim, was also used by Guderian, and wrote a huge amount on tank and combined arms tactics, and is not acknowledged by Guderian.
Guderian argued that the tank was the decisive weapon of war.
Although some proponents of mobile warfare — such as J. F. C. Fuller — advocated building " tank fleets ", others — such as Heinz Guderian in Germany, Adna R. Chaffee Jr. in the United States, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Soviet Union — recognized that tank units required close support from infantry and other arms, and that these supporting arms needed to maintain the same pace as the tanks.
In late 1944 General Heinz Guderian ordered that production of the Type 38 ( t ) Hetzer tank be modified to incorporate a Tatra Type 928 V-8 air-cooled diesel engine, though this order was delayed so production could continue uninterrupted.
According to Guderian, Hitler was easily persuaded to field too many new tank designs, and this resulted in supply, logistical, and repair problems for German forces in Russia.
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* Guderian describes what he did when he was in charge of German tank forces.
In the late 1920s and early 1930s German tank theory was pioneered by two figures: General Oswald Lutz and his chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Heinz Guderian.
The infantry tank, according to Guderian, was to be heavily armored to defend against enemy anti-tank guns and artillery.
Simplifying his earlier proposal, Guderian suggested the design of a main combat vehicle which would be developed into the Panzer III, and a breakthrough tank, the Panzer IV.
On January 11, 1934, following specifications laid down by Heinz Guderian, the Army Weapons Department drew up plans for a medium tank with a maximum weight of and a top speed of.
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As one of the casemate-style turretless Jagdpanzer ( tank destroyer, literally " hunting tank ") designs, it was developed against the wishes of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a replacement for the Sturmgeschütz III ( StuG III ).
Guderian objected against the needless, in his eyes, diversion of resources from Panzer IV tank production, as the Stug III and Sturmgeschütz IV were still more than adequate for their role.
The integration of the main battle tank, with close air support, rapid movement of troops, and concentrated forces, were described as blitzkrieg, " Lightning War ' by Heinz Guderian, who then deployed these tactics during Second World War.
In Germany, the ideas of Guderian established the need for unified tank formations, but with a mixture of armaments for differing roles.
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Guderian and German
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Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954 ) was a German general during World War II.
From 1901 to 1907 Guderian attended various military schools and the Deutschescouten ( German Scouts ). He entered the Army in 1907 as an ensign-cadet in the ( Hanoverian ) Jäger Bataillon No. 10, commanded at that point by his father, Friedrich Guderian.
After the war, Guderian stayed in the reduced 100, 000-man German Army ( Reichswehr ) as a company commander in the 10th Jäger-Battalion.
The German panzer forces were created largely on the lines laid down by Guderian in Achtung-Panzer!
Guderian ( centre ) and Semyon Krivoshein ( right ) at the German – Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk | joint German – Soviet parade in Brest, Belarus | Brest-Litovsk on September 22, 1939.
In 1941 he commanded Panzergruppe 2, also known as Panzergruppe Guderian, in Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, receiving the 24th award of the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 July of that year.
Only after the German defeat at Stalingrad was Guderian given a new position.
Though Hitler was committed to the attack based on political reasons to maintain the aura of German initiative on the Eastern Front he shared many reservations on military grounds with Guderian.
It featured Guderian's son, Heinz Günther Guderian, ( who became a prominent General in the post-war German Bundeswehr and NATO ) along with other notables such as Field Marshal Lord Carver ( 129th British Field Marshal ), expert historians Kenneth Macksey and Heinz Wilhelm.
Using rarely seen photographs from Guderian's private collection, the documentary provides an inside view into the life and career of Guderian and draws a profile of Guderian's character and the moral responsibility of the German general staff under Hitler.
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