• Guderian Plan is a plan developed in the autumn of 1944 for the restoration and expansion of the eastern fortifications of the German Reich. The plan...
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    Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (German: [haɪnts ˈvɪlhɛlm ɡuˈdeːʁi.an]; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war...
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    Force were reduced to 72 operational aircraft by 12 May). Against the plan, Guderian and the other panzer generals disobeyed their orders and quickly advanced...
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  • Panzer Group Guderian (German: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 and named after its commander, general Heinz Guderian. In early June...
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  • Mind War Monsters! Monsters! (role-playing game) Outreach Panzergruppe Guderian Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra Rift Trooper The Russian Campaign...
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    behind-the-scenes intrigues. Guderian continued the advance, despite the halt order. In the original Manstein plan, as Guderian had suggested, secondary attacks...
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    operational opportunities in the south, and so was opposed to this plan. He considered Guderian's movement as irreversible, and strongly desired to complete the...
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    Blitzkrieg (section Guderian)
    Willmott 2002, p. 116. Edwards 1989, p. 23. Guderian 2001, p. 46. Edwards 1989, p. 24. Guderian 2001, p. 13. Guderian 2001, p. 20. Murray 2011, p. 129. Grossman...
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    eventually slowed the German army, and Guderian did not reach the outskirts of Tula until 26 October. The German plan initially called for the rapid capture...
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    and the French Second Army. Guderian saw things differently, and pointed out that a thrust along the lines of Kleist's plan would put the flank of the...
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    Operation Felix (category Military plans)
    been signed, General Heinz Guderian also argued for seizing Britain's strategically-important naval base of Gibraltar. Guderian even urged Hitler to postpone...
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  • using vulgar, profanity-ridden language to describe a plan if he believed it to be a bad one. Guderian had foreknowledge of the 20 July plot of 1944 and did...
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    wishes of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a replacement for the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III). Guderian objected against...
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    Strauss, Hoth, Kluge, Weichs, Hoepner, Guderian, and Kesselring. During the meeting the main operational plan was reviewed, with Bock again stressing...
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    before moving south toward the 2nd Panzer army. Guderian was in favor of "Lösung C2" because this plan would shorten the time the 6th SS Panzer Division...
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    During the Battle of France, units under Kleist's command included Heinz Guderian's armoured corps and spearheaded the "blitzkrieg" attack through the Ardennes...
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    foremost military academic influence on German tank war proponent, Heinz Guderian, because both Volckheim's teaching as well as his 1924 professional military...
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    p. 50. Glantz 2013, p. 183. Clark 2012, p. 192. Guderian 1937, p. 205. Guderian 1952, p. 308. Guderian 1952 p308 Glantz & House 2004, p. 55. "Kursk Press...
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    p. 91 Guderian 1952, p. 31. Guderian 1952, p. 28. Lucas p. 114 Liddell Hart 1948 p. 23 Guderian 1937, p. 208. Guderian 1937, p. 154. Guderian 1952, p...
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    10 July, Guderian's 2nd Panzer Group began a surprise attack over the Dnieper, his forces overran the weak 13th Army and by 13 July, Guderian had passed...
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    Heinz Guderian. Guderian became the more influential of the two and his ideas were widely publicized. Like his contemporary Sir Percy Hobart, Guderian initially...
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    General of Armoured Troops (Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen): Heinz Guderian General officer commanding for Engineers and Fortifications (General der...
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  • gains permission from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and General Heinz Guderian to recruit an experienced tank crew from Soviet POWs in a concentration...
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  • attempting to reestablish a cohesive defensive line. General Heinz Guderian had originally planned to execute a major offensive against the 1st Belorussian Front...
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    dubbed Blitzkrieg, which was advocated by some generals, including Heinz Guderian, would have had the armour punching holes in the enemy's front and ranging...
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    the Ratte. The general idea for such a big tank was summed up by Heinz Guderian, saying that: "Hitler's fantasies sometimes shift into the gigantic". Not...
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  • similar but not identical to the make-up of the panzer divisions that Heinz Guderian developed in Germany. According to Liddell Hart's memoirs, in a series...
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    pervaded the plan for Barbarossa. This belief later led to disputes between Hitler and several German senior officers, including Heinz Guderian, Gerhard Engel...
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    an army group commander, Guderian convinced himself that Himmler tried to conceal his incompetence. On 13 February Guderian met Hitler and demanded that...
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    estimated weight of the Maus was 188 tons. In his book Panzer Leader, Heinz Guderian wrote: On 1 May a wooden model of the "Maus", a tank project of Porsche...
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