Achtung Panzer!

Published in 1937, the result of 15 years of study since his days on the German General Staff in World War I, Guderian’s book argued, quite clearly, how vital the proper use of tanks and supporting armoured vehicles would be in the conduct of a future war. When that war came, just two years later, he proved it, leading his Panzers with distinction in the Polish, French and Russian campaigns. Panzer warfare had come of age, exactly as he had forecast.