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    Panzer General: Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII
    Panzer General: Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII
    Panzer General: Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII
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    Panzer General: Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII

    Written by Kenneth Macksey

    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley

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    Kenneth Macksey's highly regarded biography of Generaloberst Heinz Guderian gives clear insight into the mind and motives of the father of modern tank warfare. Panzer General shows Guderian as a man of ideas equipped with the ability to turn inspiration into reality. A master of strategy and tactics, he was the officer most responsible for creating blitzkrieg in World War II.


    Guderian built the Panzerwaffe in the face of opposition from the German General Staff and personally led the lightning campaigns by tanks and aircraft that put a large part of Europe under domination by the Third Reich. Kenneth Macksey, a tank man himself for more than twenty years, reveals the man as a brilliant rebel in search of ideals and a general whose personality, genius, and achievements far transcended those of Rommel.


    As well as throwing light on the crucial campaigns in Poland, France, and Russia, this biography illuminates the struggles within the German hierarchy, both in the military and in the Nazi Party, for control of the Panzer forces. Based on information from the extensive family archives, Panzer General demonstrates why Guderian was so admired by some while denigrated by others.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 26, 2020
    ISBN9781705200988
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    Kenneth Macksey

    Kenneth Macksey was a distinguished British author and military historian, specialising in World War II. Mackey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the war, winning a Military Cross. He was transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, and retired from the British Army in 1968. He died in November 2005.

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