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Guderian: Panzer General
Kenneth Macksey
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Born in Kulm, Germany, on 17 June 1888, Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was the son of an army officer. He eventually joined the German Army and was commissioned in the Jaegers in 1908 where he became a communications specialist. He fought in the First World War and afterwards was a member of the right-wing Freikorps units. Between the wars, Guderian became a catalyst for developing a Panzer division in the German Army. By February 1938 he had been promoted to Lieutenant General; later that year Hitler appointed Guderian to the new post of Chief of Mobile Troops. Guderian was a ... Read more
Born in Kulm, Germany, on 17 June 1888, Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was the son of an army officer. He eventually joined the German Army and was commissioned in the Jaegers in 1908 where he became a communications specialist. He fought in the First World War and afterwards was a member of the right-wing Freikorps units. Between the wars, Guderian became a catalyst for developing a Panzer division in the German Army. By February 1938 he had been promoted to Lieutenant General; later that year Hitler appointed Guderian to the new post of Chief of Mobile Troops. Guderian was a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526713353
SKU
V9781526713353
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Ref
99-3
About Kenneth Macksey
Born in 1923, Kenneth Macksey was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War, going on to serve under Percy Hobart he later wrote an authoritative biography of that leader. Having been promoted Major in 1957, Macksey retired from the Army in 1968, having been awarded the Military Cross in December 1944. Macksey has enjoyed ... Read more
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