Panzer Leader (Penguin World War II Collection) by Guderian, Heinz -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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About the Author Title Page Copyright Page CONTENTS APPENDICES LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS SKETCH MAPS INTRODUCTION FOREWORD Panzer Leader

1. BACKGROUND AND YOUTH 2. THE CREATION OF THE GERMAN ARMOURED FORCE 3. HITLER AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWER

1938. The Blomberg–Fritsch crisis The Incorporation of Austria into the Reich The Incorporation of the Sudetenland into the Reich The Situation Deteriorates Once Again

4. THE BEGINNING OF THE DISASTER

The Drift to War The Polish Campaign Between the Campaigns

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

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 Battles of Orel and Bryansk The Advance to Tula and Moscow My First Dismissal

7. ON INACTIVE SERVICE 8. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMOURED FORCE, JANUARY 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1943 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

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

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

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

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

14. THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF

‘To Be, or Not to Be, That is the Question!’

APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV APPENDIX V APPENDIX VI APPENDIX VII 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 APPENDIX XXIII APPENDIX XXIV APPENDIX XXV INDEX Footnotes

2. THE CREATION OF THE GERMAN ARMOURED FORCE

Page 22 Page 36 Page 40

3. HITLER AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWER

Page 49 Page 54 Page 55

5. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST

Page 113 Page 117 Page 118

6. THE CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA, 1941

Page 142 Page 184 Page 225

7. ON INACTIVE SERVICE

Page 273

8. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMOURED FORCE, JANUARY 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1943

Page 282

9. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ARMOURED TROOPS

Page 284 Page 286 Page 287 Page 290 Page 294 Page 297 Page 298 Page 303 Page 312 Page 315 Page 333

11. CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF

Page 356 Page 358 Page 362 Page 364 Page 378 Page 423

13. LEADING PERSONALITIES OF THE THIRD REICH

Page 438 Page 439 Page 444 Page 446 Page 448 Page 449 Page 451

14. THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF

Page 461

APPENDIX V

Page 476 Page 477

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