Panzer Leader [Illustrated Edition] by Guderian, Generaloberst Heinz -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

FOREWORD Chapter 1. BACKGROUND AND YOUTH Chapter 2. THE CREATION OF THE GERMAN ARMOURED FORCE

Tank Attack by Fire and Movement Armour Plating Movement Fire

Chapter 3. HITLER AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWER

1938. The Blomberg-Fritsch crisis. The incorporation of Austria and the Sudetenland into the Reich

The Incorporation of Austria into the Reich The Incorporation of the Sudetenland into the Reich The Situation Deteriorates Once Again

Chapter 4. THE BEGINNING OF THE DISASTER

The Drift to War The Polish Campaign Between the Campaigns

Chapter 5. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST

Preparations for the Campaign The Break-through to the Channel The Capture of the Channel Ports Hitler’s Momentous Order to Stop The Break-through to the Swiss Border The Armistice

Chapter 6. THE CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA, 1941

The Background. Preparations. Opening operations. Crossing the Dnieper. Smolensk-Elnya-Roslavl. Moscow or Kiev? The Battle of Kiev. The Batiks of Orel and Bryansk. The advance to Tula and Moscow. My first dismissal.

Preparations Opening Operations Crossing the Dnieper Smolensk-Elnya-Roslavl Moscow or Kiev? The Battle of Kiev The Battles of Orel and Bryansk The Advance to Tula and Moscow My First Dismissal

Chapter 7. ON INACTIVE SERVICE Chapter 8. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMOURED FORCE, JANUARY 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1943 Chapter 9. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ARMOURED TROOPS

Appointment and First Actions Dr. Goerdeler’s Visits “Operation Citadel” Disagreements during the Second Half of 1943 The Year of Decision

Chapter 10. JULY 20TH AND ITS SEQUEL Chapter 11. CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF

Operations on the Eastern Front The Ardennes Offensive Defensive Preparations in the East The Russian Offensive

Chapter 12. THE FINAL COLLAPSE Chapter 13. LEADING PERSONALITIES OF THE THIRD REICH

Hitler The Party National and District Controllers Hitler’s Intimate Circle The Government

Chapter 14. THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF APPENDIX I - My Career

My Career First World War Freikorps and Frontier Defence Between the Wars Second World War Decorations Received in Second World War

APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV APPENDIX V APPENDIX VII

Headquarters, XIX Army Corps-Corps H.Q., wood near La Operations Department-Chapelle, 13.5.40, 22.30 hrs.

APPENDIX VIII APPENDIX IX APPENDIX X APPENDIX XI APPENDIX XII APPENDIX XIII APPENDIX XIV APPENDIX XV APPENDIX XVI APPENDIX XVII APPENDIX XVIII APPENDIX XIX APPENDIX XX APPENDIX XXI APPENDIX XXII

1. General Intention 2. Anticipated Allies and their Tasks 3. The Conduct of the Operations 4. 5.

APPENDIX XXIII - Organisation of the Command of the Armed Forces 1944 APPENDIX XXIV - War Establishment of a Panzer Division as of 15.10.35

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