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Country
  
Germany

Publication date
  
1950

Media type
  
Print

Author
  
Heinz Guderian

OCLC
  
3596228

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Language
  
German

Published in English
  
Ballantine Books, 1957

Originally published
  
1950

Published in english
  
1957

Genres
  
War story, Biography

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Original title
  
Erinnerungen eines Soldaten

World War II books
  
Lost Victories: The War, Infantry Attacks, Panzer Commander: The Mem, Tigers in the Mud: The Com, When Titans clashed

Panzer Leader (German: Erinnerungen eines Soldaten, literally "Memories of a Soldier") is an autobiography by Heinz Guderian. The book, written during his imprisonment by the Allies after the war, describes Guderian's service in the Panzer arm of the Heer before and during World War II.

The most prominent English language version is the 1952 translation by Constantine Fitzgibbon, with a foreword by B. H. Liddell Hart. The Da Capo Press editions have an additional introduction by Kenneth Macksey.

Known editions

  • Guderian, Heinz (1950) [1950]. Erinnerungen eines Soldaten (Original German ed.). Heidelberg: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag. 
  • Guderian, Heinz (2001) [1952]. Panzer Leader (Da Capo Press Reissue ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81101-4. 
  • Guderian, Heinz (1957) [1952]. Panzer Leader (abridged) (First Ballantine Books ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25329-9. 
  • Guderian, Heinz (1952). Panzer Leader. Delhi, India: Army Publishers, Hindustan Offset Press. Cover Title misspelled "Panzar Leader". 

    • References

    Panzer Leader (book) Wikipedia
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