''Panzer Leader'' (german: Erinnerungen eines Soldaten, literally "Memories of a Soldier") is an
autobiography by
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist. An early pioneer and advocate of the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in th ...
. The book, written during his imprisonment by the
Allies after the war, describes Guderian's service in the ''
Panzer
This article deals with the tanks (german: panzer) serving in the German Army (''Deutsches Heer'') throughout history, such as the World War I tanks of the Imperial German Army, the interwar and World War II tanks of the Nazi German Wehrmacht ...
'' arm of the ''
Heer'' before and during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
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The most prominent
English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...
version is the 1952 translation by Constantine Fitzgibbon, with a foreword by
B. H. Liddell Hart. The
Da Capo Press editions have an additional introduction by
Kenneth Macksey.
Known editions
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See also
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Myth of the clean Wehrmacht
The myth of the clean ''Wehrmacht'' is the negationist notion that the regular German armed forces (the '' Wehrmacht'') were not involved in the Holocaust or other war crimes during World War II. The myth, heavily promoted by German autho ...
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Panzer Battles
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Armored warfare
Armoured warfare or armored warfare (mechanized forces, armoured forces or armored forces) (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of ...
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Eastern Front (World War II)
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Hans von Luck
External links
Copy of book on the Internet Archive
World War II memoirs
Propaganda legends
1952 non-fiction books
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