Heinz Guderian - Blitzkrieg & the Panzer Corps Documentary

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[@robertdeieso1201]

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[@DibiaMike]

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[@philiprufus4427]

Not one reterence to the historical fact that panzer technique was developed by the Germans on Russian land provided by Stalin between the wars. Served The Murderous Incompetant right the Nazi's came back and bit him in the A. Shame large numbers paid the price for the murderers incompetance though. One would think he would have read Hitler, being little better himself. Yet the kiddies make scurrilous remarks about Churchhill and Roosevelt ?

[@user-gw9sk1zy4s]

It's fitting that Guderian was trained as a signals officer. Radio communications is paramount when conducting blitzkrieg warfare. During the battle of France, the german panzers were the only tanks on the battlefield that had 2-way radios. The instant communication between the tanks and the commanders on the field were a primary reason that permitted the wehrmacht to outmanuever the British and French forces. Speed, mobility and instant communication are more important in tank warfare than the size of its gun. In fact, it was generally believed that the French army had superior tanks to the Germans.

[@_Abjuranax_]

In WWII, the U-Boat Corps suffered the highest fatality rate of any service. In the US Civil War, it was the Signal Corps of both sides that suffered the highest rates of casualties.

[@hamilcarbarca8659]

Shoot , move , and communicate. Drilled into my head as a U.S. soldier in the 1990's

[@justin3415]

​@@_Abjuranax_ your right about the u-boat crews there death rate was between 75 percent and 70 percent death rate. also the allied bomber crews where between 51 percent and 44.4 percent death depends on what source u read.Both staggering.

[@_Abjuranax_]

In WWII, the Paraglider units suffered the highest casualty rates among the Allies in the West.@@justin3415

[@_Abjuranax_]

Also, 30,000 aircraft were shot down in the European Theatre alone.@@justin3415

[@punishedvenomsnake716]

What a treat! I requested a documentary on Guderian on an earlier video, stoked to watch this one in particular I watch your channel in lieu of movies or TVs for dinner often, captivating and always educational :)

[@marcbjorg4823]

German tanks did run on petrol. It was their coolant which froze up, especially as there was a lack of anti freeze in 1941. During the summer of 1941, German tanks mostly topped of their coolant with plain water, so by the winter their coolant was too low on anti freeze and the engines would freeze, as ice expands it destroys pumps, radiators etc.

[@ethanramos4441]

“There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people” Heinz Guderian

[@asullivan4047]

Exactly -!!! As perhaps 70% of his tank crews encountered as winter approaches & sets in. 😉

[@redemptivepete]

In his Panzer Leader book Guderian certainly appears desperate in front of Moscow to say nothing of 1945.

[@davidwestfall4336]

I read Panzer Leader when I was in high school, around 1980. This is the first objective review I've ever heard about him. Thank you, it is great.

[@MWM-dj6dn]

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[@Eleanoraaaaa]

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[@Jason-gg4lm]

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[@Eleanoraaaaa]

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[@QueerChica]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this Guys! Love your content! Please do Frederick III the 99 day Emperor

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[@Aaron-df6jc]

So glad you made this of Guderian thank you♥️🇨🇦

[@asullivan4047]

He had his good & bad qualities. The upper echelon in Berlin didn't allow him to complete his various military operations. Those disillusioned/arrogant fools 😜 in Berlin lost the war not him😉.

[@Aaron-df6jc]

I’ve read his books and quite enjoyed them. Did you read them? What did you think of them?

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[@mikehess4494]

Interesting, informative and inspiring...TY

[@PalmettoNDN]

I really like the quick recap summaries at the end of these videos.

[@vs12wv432]

Very interesting, well produced programme. Wonderfully narrated.

[@rarocon]

What Guderian did for real was to install radio tank communication to every battle tank with special command tanks having connection to division command and air support as well this and the Jerry can made to kernel of early Blitz and its success, when no one else had done so! Being one of the few Officers of WWI who had comamded a truck mobile radio station, he knew best what good communication is worth in new mobile combined War fare and was able to bring that into tactical leadership at the front ("Führung" von vorne), when French tactical communication in tank war fare was by flags and runners in mainly infantry support role. He had made "Panzerwaffe" a Branche of its own with armored Infantry transport and armored Artillery as well in good cooperation with the new Schlachtflieger branche of Luftwaffe, used as close support Artillery in roling advances, no one else did in early war. A modern Panzerdivision has still the basic structure of a German 1944 one in combination of mobile Infantry, armored support by pioneers and Artillery, now more rocket based on Corps level, but still self propelled guns on Brigade level!

[@WhiskyandBacon]

Both of his sons,Heinz Gunther (Major) and Kurt (Captain) fought in WW2.Kurt moved to America after the war.His son Klaus went to West Point.He fought as a Tank Commander in the Gulf War 1991.Heinz Gunther became a Panzer General in the Bundeswehr (the West German Army) during the Cold War.

[@McMinderbinder]

I think Hitler made the biggest mistakes in Guderian's career at Dunkirk and by shifting him south to Kiev instead of taking Moscow.

[@arcofspira]

A terrific documentary

[@jenerhart7025]

This might be a long shot, but could you do a show on Gabrillo Princip, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand? My history teacher told us he was only 14 at the time.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

A 14 year old would tremble and freeze up on a mission like that.

[@jenerhart7025]

@@mohabatkhanmalak1161 Maybe

[@jasonsearle7832]

He was 19 when he shot the arch Duke. And it would be hard to argue against Gabrillo Princip being the most influential person of the 20th century

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

He would be the most cursed.@@jasonsearle7832

[@ragnar217]

Who the fuck cares about gavrilo fucking princip?

[@stevepuffery8918]

Excellent work..!

[@jenerhart7025]

Of course part of his success was being in the right place at the right time. That's true for just about anyone. He was brilliant in knowing how to capitalize on being in that position. He might have been one of the more realistic-thinking military leaders Germany had.

[@rossleahy2150]

Also his attachment to the Nazis

[@josephphoenix1376]

Excellent Episode!

[@ianjones8610]

A strange comment to suggest he was not as successful in the Easter Front as during The Battle of France; his corps made dramatic advances but were undone by Hitler's over ambition, unpreparedness for the Russian winter, refusal to dig in during the winter and refusal to allow strategic retreats.

[@artawhirler]

Good video! Thanks!

[@TrailrunnerTroy]

Brilliant biography! Keep it up without fear or favor.

[@AugustLeafFilms]

Is the credits music available to listen anywhere (audio only)?

[@SgtZak_]

Funny how just being in country makes you immediately aware of all atrocities therein. Love to hear the video where these statements are made about FDR and US generals being aware of the wholesale internment of the Japanese Americans.

[@pa1wbu]

Or for completeness sake a video on Arthur "Bomber" Harris for example. Made Sir Arthur even.. In every war the victor suffers from selective memory with regards to atrocities committed by the victorious side, while enlarging the atrocities of the defeated. Not that nazi crimes needed any enlargement, let that be very clear.

[@user-ni9ix7st9t]

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[@juggernautjones796]

Very interesting video. And could you please do a video on Irma Grese. Thank you 👍

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Yes ,he was a Blitzkrieg founder as a complement warfares... thank you 🙏 ( the people profiles) channel.

[@johnlong1538]

......true....but they left out Basil Liddell-Hart.....great documentary nonetheless.

[@asullivan4047]

Unfortunately WW-1 dispatch runner 🏃corporal Hitler 😈. Kept ordering General Guderian from completing his assignments. IE: invasion of Moscow. 😲.

[@albertpietrosanu2667]

wondeful documentary!!!!!!!!!!

[@stevelunde5683]

He obviously wasn't the only voice for the development of blitzkrieg but it seems he was the one to put it to most effective use. In particular his actions of cutting off the British expeditionary force at Dunkirk. I really appreciate your delving into people like this. Do you have a biography of General Milch who was to Goering what Guderian was to Lutz? I would very much like to see that.

[@crabtoes2210]

Thank you so so so much for talking about US collaboration with former high ranking nazis and the Clean Wehrmacht myth. They are both deeply connected and a lot of casual historians, and just regular people, often fall victim to these theories. I have met a lot of older history nerds who don't realize a lot of "good generals who weren't really Nazis, they just were loyal to Germany" are literal, vile war criminals. It is such an underdiscussed or misinformed topic when studying WWII and the Holocaust and I feel it is such an injustice to the victims.

[@achimotto-vs2lb]

so you think the American soldiers were better?

[@achimotto-vs2lb]

a jew will always be a jew

[@daveedesanta6318]

Hola what now? Lol

[@elingrome5853]

@@achimotto-vs2lbhistory has answered that question. What happened to the Germans, Japanese at the end of the war? were they executed or was there a marshall plan?

[@otfriedschellhas3581]

You should focus on your own generals, eg Eisenhower and Patton authorizing and even encouraging shooting of POW'S, starving civilian population etc. It was WAR, dude!

[@snouty9017]

Goslar is in Lower Saxony, not in Saxony.

[@cwcsquared]

The battle of Smolensk did not delay the drive on Moscow.

[@TomGuideKrakowPoland]

thx Bro

[@patrickgrove3469]

Excellent show,I play WOTS Blitz game

[@nobbytang]

Guderian based Blitzkrieg on Col Fullers ( British army) papers …so much so that he was invited as a guest over to military manoeuvres in Germany in 1936 …he was introduced to Hitler who said “ what do you think of your children now” to which Col Fuller responded “ they have grown so much l hardly recognise them” or words to that effect …..as previously stated it was the communications he brought and the liaison between the 3 forces …..the Stuka dive bomber was critical as this provided a very accurate 500 kg bomb to any strong point holding up the panzers progress and were more accurate than artillery…

[@jamespeters920]

One can only imagine if Hitler had taken a pause and not have opened up a second front in the East, what would have transpired.

[@kerringtonshields3909]

Some have argued that the Nazi economy relied upon plundering the resources of others, and that the Red Army would have gotten its act together by 1942. Also, the Nazis already were operating on an oil deficit in 1941, which would have worsened by 1942.

[@user-ls7wy5wv7d]

During WW1 He rode a wagon of communications gear around the battlefield. The area he attacked west was the same area he was in during WW1. There were staff officers in nearly evrey major army looking into mobile warfare Commo in every tank an tied in with aircraft sounds fitting . The Panzer at Ft Knox looks as modern as US M60. In his book he states he didn,tt know Rommel/

[@JosephDent-qd9ih]

The use of construction equipment to maintain city public works! Sanitation departments.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful historical coverage biography of infamous general (Hanz Gudarian ) ..what is disappointing matter, How those Prussian military Aristocrats Generals and Marshalls blindly followed that outcast, talkative ,and humbled bohemian corpor ( Adolf Hitler)

[@guttormurthorfinnsson8758]

exilant documentary.

[@sarkissati1217]

После танкового сражения у деревни Прохоровка, Советские танковые армады рвались на Запад‼ К Берлину .....

[@vicmorrison8128]

And now they play with fire...again.

[@kurtreese7408]

Schnell Heinz!

[@robertheywood5523]

If Guderian had got his way there would have been no Dunkirk for the British. He was in position to destroy the British Expeditionary Force, but was held back to allow Goerings Luftwaffe to destroy them on the beaches. I think that was the German High Commands first big mistake. Guderian was a brilliant General and tactician, the supreme commander of armoured warfare

[@saintleger858]

Très intéressant documentaire, Guderian fut un génie militaire qui vainquit les armées françaises pourtant aussi bien équipées mais très mal coordonnées. Cependant il a eu de la chance après guerre de ne pas être condamné comme pur nazi , ce qu'il fut , à mon humble avis, en soutenant ce régime odieux et criminel . Merci pour cette vidéo.

[@Anglomachian]

So he came from the city of Koom, where the trolls and the dwarves did not fight the latest battle of Koom Valley, and then the Polish got it and renamed it to the city of Hell-no. History is fun.

[@cwcsquared]

Koln = Cologne.

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

Guderian wasnt influenced by english proponents of the " expanding torrent" and definitley not influenced by Lidell Hart. Basil Lidell Hart blckmailed Guderian into crediting Lidell Hart im exchange for favorable reviews of him during the postwar years. I read that Guderian credited Hart in the English edition but not the German edition . I have the english edition but never seen the German edition. But I have read another account that accused Basil Lidell Hart as being " not so Kosher " in getting about getting Guderians endorsement.

[@gastonsaintpaul5590]

Gudarian was a smart man & great general

[@TV-ph1tw]

conversely; reversrly on the reverse; on (to) the contrary; efficacy; efficiency effectiveness; Opetation Tannenberg, as it was termed (dubbed called named codenamed), namesake; Guderian was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest military honor; to swear an oath of allegence;

[@otfriedschellhas3581]

Is there a point...?

[@montanaosprey9840]

“Mein Fuhrer, mistakes vere made!” LOL

[@tommybahama9350]

You sound like Peter Cushing

[@johntruman4397]

Blitzkrieg defeats itself even in modern war it runs out of supplies and gives the enemy time to regroup, so not a wonder tactic?

[@kevinfright8195]

Like most he was not politically pure. You can hide the truth for a while but the truth will find a way out.

[@TV-ph1tw]

conversely; reversrly on the reverse; on (to) the contrary; efficacy of tank warfare (Blitzkreig); efficiency effectiveness; Opetation Tannenberg, as it was termed (dubbed called named codenamed), namesake; Guderian was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest military honor; to swear an oath of allegence; tellingly; Guderian architect of Blitzkrieg; his son and namesake Heinz Gunthur Guderian;

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting

[@ronvanrijt8253]

I've known his son personally.

[@MadsHutters]

interesting

[@cwcsquared]

There’s was no 19 Panzer Corps at the outset of Barbarossa.

[@schutendohkji548]

Wow! At 23:59, the Nazis had integrated Germanium - Silicone (GeSi) logic circuits by 1932. Amazing. No knowledge of Physics was necessary to develop n make dem circuit chips. Dat's amazing too. PeoplePro must of had a hard time getting that ckt diagram from 1932 German Archives.

[@radejong013]

Although the term BlitzKrieg is associated with the German army, this was more of a myth. The fast majority of the German army was on foot or hors drawn. Thus the armoured divisions had to wait for them, because they are vulnerable without the protection of infantry. True BlitzKrieg was perfomed by the Red Amy in 1944/1945, since their infantry and logistics were motorized by Studebaker and Dodge trucks, through the landlease project (USA), thus keeping up with the armoured columns

[@otfriedschellhas3581]

Yes, smarty pants, but the Panzer Divs had their own motorized infantry, apart from actual mot division as part of panzer korps. That's how Guderian could advance to the Channel coast WITHOUT waiting for the horse-drawn infantry. Got it?

[@jameseaton4593]

Well, the rendition of Gen. Guderian's life and military career,was bracing,to say the least. My conclusions were that a) the work was well and more than competently done,andb) did a convincing job in altering Guderian's reputation and ability in Mt own mind. So ofter,the self-aggrandizing panegyrics written by,or on behalf of notable figures ( see: Libbey Custer) are creully if not fatally diminished by reality. 1:07:4

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

How foreshadowing that he was born in '88.

[@yaldabaoth2]

CHELmno... Gesundheit.

[@capobilotti]

He was so famous, they've named ketchup after him.

[@user-fu3wy8ho5f]

Guderian to był najzdolniejszy general Hitlera Na szczęście Hitler o tym nie wiedział i słuchał tych mniej zdolnych ..

[@user-ok5jk1vi5k]

Personally I know very little substantial concerningGuarderain and his abilities firstly as a soldier and secondly his political views and reaction to and knowledge the events spiralling out of control paticularly on the Eastern front where he participated in many of the major actions in that sphere of conflict. Being completely ignorant there is little point in making any assessment of Guarderains military prowess, he was judged by ts much better qualified thanmyself

[@kylemendoza8860]

The British called tanks land ships. "Tank" was there code name so hopefully German spies were just think they were water tanks. And that name stuck.

[@coraddo280]

On 30 December 1922, along with the Russian, Byelorussian and Transcaucasian republics, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the founding members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Ukraine was never independent,until 1991.Gracias

[@soderlund3610]

The karoliner way

[@PalmettoNDN]

What? You wanna know what town I was born in? HELL NO!

[@ncsicknic8775]

him along with Rommel and Manstein are by for more intelligent.brilliant strategist than allied generals

[@Albert-the-Astro]

The town of Hell No?

[@theinteltube]

Poland should give the territory given to them after the ww2 back. Literally half of poland belogns to other nations historicly…

[@Gregory-ry4sh]

Erwin Rommel MIA? AWOL? Relations with HG? Puzzling.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Guderian was Patrons equal on the battle field. Unfortunately the WW-1. Dispatch runner 🏃corporal Hitler 😈. Ordered General Guderian to stop his blitzkrieg momentum invasion into Moscow. Causing the catastrophic failure of the invasion of the Eastern Front. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.

[@osmanyussuf7069]

Gudarian the spirit of German army

[@EASTBAY_NORCAL]

Who defeated and stop the momentum of the nazy war machine the Russian winter period

[@IceglacierArnar]

Rommel and him the best

[@otfriedschellhas3581]

Tannenberg was not " a place in Poland", but in German East Prussia at the time of the victorious battle, or in fact before. Like Danzig, it had been German for centuries. There were no "other divisions" involved at Sedan, only Guderian's panzerkorps. Guderian was not "aligned with Himmler", at all! It was he who opposed Himmlers sppointment to army group commander I'm a heated argument with Hitler, calling Himmler incompetent and insisting that general Wenck took effective control of operations. This spin on history aimed to besmirch German generals is getting utterly tiresome. As for embellishing their own achievements, they're nothing compared to Monty, who called the 6 week's delay in taking Caen "according to plan"(the "plan" was to take it on day 2), and calling the defeat at Arnhem (with the loss of the 1. Brit Airborne Div) as "99% successful". All generals "emphasize", not many with nearly as much justification as Guderian.

[@terryfallert1371]

German tanks were gas not desiel, russian tanks were desiel

[@cwcsquared]

Diesel

[@WideAwakeHuman]

Give us a profile on Jack Ruby!!!!!

[@dubbyx8490]

I see where this fear of Russian expansion that we are still in the midst of, came from. After watching this, my admiration for Guderian has diminished greatly. He was just another military mind with no soul.

[@achimotto-vs2lb]

you are full of it

[@dubbyx8490]

​@@achimotto-vs2lb​Okayyyyy.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Prussian Women as well defending the frontiers? Well of course

[@KirenKK-te7pb]

Even Germans realized that they could not repeat the Blitzkrieg . It failed in Battle of Kursk and in the final offensive of the Germans towards the West. The Roman phalanx also lost it's relevance when overdone. The Russian Rush failed in Kyiv. Precision ISR and prioritized lethal attrition are currently in vogue. There are adaptations occurring progressively.

[@cwcsquared]

The Phalanx was not Roman.

[@eyes2see100]

British Major Fuller.

[@benedictbadminton4993]

He was the architect. lmao who cares if he is.

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Ahtung panzer!!! 😅

[@user-nx1mt4gj5v]

Armenia last name

[@otfriedschellhas3581]

Not really: Guder -Jan originally, Low German dialect for "Good John"

[@Beaversnapper]

sorry, but the spoken dialogue does this video no justice

[@godisfake78]

None of the Nazis deserve any praise whatsoever, no matter how talented they may have been.

[@josephp6826]

@godisfake78, neither do you, mostly being due to your being cut from the same cloth, tool...🙄

[@florinelenaradamilea]

sure...

[@Hwd371]

Not a fan of this guys voice. A bit too nasally