"Father of Armored Soldiers" Guderian, but could not be promoted to Marshal! And Hitler despised each other?

mentions armored tactics in the modern sense, we have to mention the German general during World War II: Guderian. It was the "blitzkrieg" tank battle he advocated that made Nazi Germany invincible at the beginning of the war. Today, many people respect him as the "father of tanks and armored soldiers." As such an epoch-making important military talent, was not promoted to the German marshal. You must know that there were 19 German field marshals during World War II, but Guderian did not have a place. This has to be complicated by him and Hitler. Speaking of the relationship:

Guderian

behind Hitler is actually a very traditional professional soldier. He always believed that soldiers should not get involved in politics, so he was not interested in the Nazi things. Hitler also tried to win him. However, after a few conversations, I realized that Guderian could not be a political friend, but could only be the object of his use. This is also an important reason why Guderian contributed a lot in the early stage, but failed to get the promotion of reuse. Since

can't be friends, of course it is not smooth to be a comrade-in-arms. Guderian and temperament are often at odds with Hitler. Later, after a defeat in a congress war, Guderian had serious disagreements with Hitler and was dismissed on whether he should withdraw his troops in time. It is said that when Guderian proposed to withdraw troops, Hitler once lost his temper. Hitler walked in front of Guderian and waved his fist, his eyes wishing to kill him.

Meeting of German generals (video)

But Guderian did not give in to Hitler. His tit-for-tat made Hitler even more furious, and he argued with Guderian for two hours. In the end, Hitler lost his self-control, trembling all over, his eyes were bloodshot, his eyeballs burst out of his eye sockets, his voice was hoarse, and he walked around on the carpet.

Guderian is also the first time he has such courage to directly counsel Hitler. This time he is determined to insist on his proposition and never give up (previously give Hitler face), for the victory of Germany, he must be on the verge of collapse with his nerves. Hitler fought to the end. But the result is conceivable, Guderian was once beaten into the cold palace by Hitler, although Guderian was reactivated later, but the relationship with Hitler has not been restored to the past.

Guderian (soldier)

In his post-war memoirs, Guderian also made some objective evaluations of Hitler: Hitler has a particularly good digital memory, and the rest of the documents will be unforgettable as long as you read them carefully. In many meetings, Hitler would recite the documents he had read and recite a large section.

He also recalled: When chatting with others, Hitler would give play to his memory advantage and tell them directly that you are talking differently now. You didn't say that six weeks ago! He can scare people directly by speaking like this.

The relationship between Guderian and Hitler has always been controversial. It can be said that their relationship has gone from mutual appreciation at the beginning of the war to mutual despise afterwards. After the relationship with the "head of state" became stalemate, Guderian did not agree. Talking about what position has been promoted, so his rank is a first-level general at the end, and he has not been able to become a German marshal, and this title Guderian is completely qualified! Guderian during the

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's evaluation of Hitler, Guderian once said: The reason why the German people can support Hitler is because Hitler proposed two strategies, which were just right for the appetite of the Germans. One is Hitler's claim that he can allow European countries to cancel the Versailles Treaty, and the other is that Hitler can solve the unemployment problem in Germany and allow Germans to live a good life. In fact, under Hitler's early rule, the German economy did begin to recover.

However, as Hitler’s war ambitions became greater and greater, the whole of Germany was gradually brought into the abyss of war by him. The Germans discovered that the "German heroes" they once trusted, but slowly turned into a complete "war". Crazy", and after all this developed, no one had time to stop it!

As a professional soldier, Guderian, like Rommel, did not involve too much Nazi ideals except on the battlefield. This firstly benefits from Guderian's adherence to the principles of the military. Although Guderian participated in the offensive against Poland and France, Guderian’s forces never appeared to slaughter civilians andThe abuse of prisoners of war is clearly separated from the SS who indiscriminately kill the Jews and the Nazis who advocate genocide.

is exactly this kind of good war conduct, which made Guderian highly praised, and also won the respect of his opponents. After the war, Guderian was not prosecuted as a war criminal. He was able to survive, and perhaps thanks to Hitler’s "Disgusted"! at least this kind of ending is better than Rommel, before the end of the war, Rommel had been directly "given to death" by Hitler.

WWII German tanks "blitz"

Of course, the establishment of the World War II armored lightning tactics really cannot be said to be the credit of Guderian alone. In the memoirs, it is not known whether he upheld himself to a certain extent (after all, he is the author). However, his role and status in the armored "blitzkrieg" theory is unquestionable, and he has not dealt with Hitler's Nazi ideas for a long time. As far as the conduct of a professional soldier is concerned, General Guderian is also very good. The

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