Heinz Guderian

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Heinz Guderian was a German general and pioneering theorist of armored warfare whose leadership in developing and executing blitzkrieg tactics made him one of Nazi Germany’s most prominent military commanders in World War II.

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Heinz Wilhelm Guderian 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German general
World War II military personnel
armored warfare theorist
human
military theorist
allegiance German Empire
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
awardReceived Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Germany
commanded 2nd Panzer Army
XIX Army Corps
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath West Germany
dateOfBirth 1888-06-17
dateOfDeath 1954-05-14
familyName Heinz Guderian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Guderian
fieldOfWork armored warfare
blitzkrieg tactics
military strategy
fullName Heinz Guderian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Heinz Wilhelm Guderian
genre military memoir
givenName Heinz
ideology German nationalism
languageSpoken German
memberOf German Army
surface form: German Army officer corps
militaryBranch Wehrmacht
surface form: German Army

Reichswehr
German Army
surface form: Wehrmacht Heer
notableFor development of German armored doctrine
leadership of panzer forces in early World War II campaigns
pioneering blitzkrieg tactics
notableWork Achtung – Panzer!
occupation author
soldier
participatedIn World War I
World War II
placeOfBirth Kulm
West Prussia
placeOfDeath Bavaria
Schwandorf
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff
surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Army

Inspector-General of Armoured Troops
rank Generaloberst
tookPartIn Battle of France
Invasion of Poland
Operation Barbarossa
wrote Panzer Leader

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Battle of Kiev (1941) GermanCommander Heinz Guderian
Battle of Sedan (1940) commandedBy Heinz Guderian
Battle of Moscow commander Heinz Guderian
Battle of Smolensk (1941) commander Heinz Guderian
Bryansk pocket commander Heinz Guderian
Case White commander Heinz Guderian
Operation Typhoon commander Heinz Guderian
Unternehmen Taifun commander Heinz Guderian
Vyazma pocket commander Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian familyName Heinz Guderian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Guderian
Heinz Guderian fullName Heinz Guderian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Heinz Wilhelm Guderian
Heer notableCommander Heinz Guderian
OKH notableCommander Heinz Guderian
Wehrmacht notableCommander Heinz Guderian