ACHTUNG PANZER! – HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG

Achtung Panzer sets out the innovative thinking behind the Blitzkrieg — lightning war made possible by the tanks-and-aircraft combination — which rests on the element of surprise, speed of manoeuvre and the brutality of the assault. It is a manual illustrated with concrete case studies and lessons drawn from the First World War and the interwar period.

Published on the eve of the Second World War, Heinz Guderian's book sets out the advantages of employing tanks and armoured vehicles in a war of movement, establishing a doctrine of use by synthesising the work of numerous thinkers, many of them foreign. The author presents what he considers the best means of breaking through enemy lines and overcoming resistance.

But who knows that this book — often presented, rightly or wrongly, as a kind of tactical and doctrinal "bible" — actually resulted from a commission imposed on Guderian by his superior, General Oswald Lutz? And who knows the true reasons for its publication and the context in which it was written? Few if any French-speaking readers, who had been waiting for a French version since the publication of the original in Stuttgart in 1937!

More than eighty years after its publication, that wait is over!

Translated from the original version, the translation is complemented by an introduction recounting Heinz Guderian's career and the general context in which he wrote the book. The work is extensively illustrated with photographs arranged in dedicated sections, as well as maps.

Do not miss this historical artefact, this witness to the past, available for the first time in French, which will allow you to understand in detail what the Blitzkrieg truly was!

- Paperback
- 216 pages
- Format 23 x 15 cm
- Two photo sections including photographs and maps