Topic: Has any one read: Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker?

lljadw · July 24th, 2011

As IG of the Pz,it was the task of Guderian to determine what tanks Germany was needing,NOT to meddle in operational things .This was reserved to the local commanders,i.c. Rundstedt,Rommel,Geyr von Schweppenburg ;the point is that Germany only had a few operational PzD:between the Loire and the Seine 3 :PL,HJ,21,even if these had been able to launch a mass counterattack,IMHO,this would fail .Rommels POV was :better ONE Pzbatallion on the place and moment of the debarquement,than a counterattack a few days later :the days of mobile warfare were over:it all would depend on the first 24 crucial hours .As the Atlantikwall in Normandy was not strong enough to prevent a debarqurment,the Pz units had to be used as immobile artillery .

July 24th, 2011
lljadw	As IG of the Pz,it was the task of Guderian to determine what tanks Germany was needing,NOT to meddle in operational things .This was reserved to the local commanders,i.c. Rundstedt,Rommel,Geyr von Schweppenburg ;the point is that Germany only had a few operational PzD:between the Loire and the Seine 3 :PL,HJ,21,even if these had been able to launch a mass counterattack,IMHO,this would fail .Rommels POV was :better ONE Pzbatallion on the place and moment of the debarquement,than a counterattack a few days later :the days of mobile warfare were over:it all would depend on the first 24 crucial hours .As the Atlantikwall in Normandy was not strong enough to prevent a debarqurment,the Pz units had to be used as immobile artillery .