| Good question. Arnim came up through the ranks under Guderian, although he got injured in the opening days of Barbarossa and thereafter Guderian's influence was lost to him. I just don't know enough about Arnim's DAK career to say one way or the other. What I do know is that Rommel took the freedom that mobile warfare allowed him to extremes which might have spelt disaster on the Eastern Front say. Even Guderian was quick to ensure that his flanks were protected when advancing. From that perspective Arnim was probably the more rounded commander but without the flashes of genuis that Rommel had.
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