Heinz Guderian Quotes

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It's simply our duty to save these people, and we still have time to remove them! But it's useless to sacrifice men in this senseless way. It's high time! We must evacuate those soldiers at once!

Heinz Guderian

You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.

Heinz Guderian

The engine of the Panzer is a weapon just as the main-gun.

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Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.

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We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.

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There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.

Heinz Guderian

The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.

Heinz Guderian

As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire...the result of all this was a panic...The battle worthiness of our infantry is at an end

Heinz Guderian

Heinz Guderian

Heinz Guderian

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Born: June 17, 1888

Died: May 14, 1954 (aged 65)

Bio: Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German general during World War II, noted for his success as a leader of Panzer units in Poland and France and for partial success in the Soviet Union.

Known for:

Panzer Leader (1950)
Achtung – Panzer! (1937)
Blitzkrieg in Their Own Words

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