Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker (Brassey's Military Profiles)
by Russell Hart
Book Summary Information
Author: Russell HartEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-16
ISBN: 1574888099
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Book Reviews of Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker (Brassey's Military Profiles)
Book Review: The Real Heinz Guderian- Warts and All
Summary: 5 Stars
Russell A. Hart's biography, "Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker?" is an honest look at Hitler's master of the Blitzkrieg. Deconstructing the Guderian myth with care and detail, Hart shows the officer for what he was: a brilliant yet corrupt Nazi stooge who willingly went along with Hitler even after the horror of the regime was revealed.
If Guderian and the other generals had been merely apolitical technocrats, then why did they stay with Hitler through thick and thin? Why did they agree to Hitler's murderous plans for the Soviet peoples within the context of Barbarossa? The answer, Hart provides is simple- they weren't apolitical and they were mired in corruption.
Like many German generals, Guderian accepted Hitler's bribes, including an estate in German-occupied Poland. Any trace of moral courage one attempts to find in Guderian vanishes when one learns that he kept himself incommunicado on that estate on July 20th, 1944. When he came back his words and actions branded him a Nazi through and through, no matter what he later wrote.
Guderian's memoir "Panzer Leader" is an important book in the study of the Second World War, but must be read with a grain of salt. Immediately after finishing it the serious student of history needs to jump on Hart's biography to sift through Guderian's half-truths.
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