MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
The concern in re-evaluating Guderian is that we may go to far in adjusting his contribution, I do not think he was a bad commander and his input into operation Fall Gelb alone is enough to put him in the list of talented commanders.
But it is very obvious that he is a man that wrote his own reputation (as did many others so he is not alone there) and like Manstein he was not enthusiastic about accepting critique of his performance.
As for my comment selecting Kluge and Rommel well it is well known that he did not see eye to eye with von Kluge yet there is little evidence to suggest Kluge reciprocated those views.
Rommel on the other hand did not appear critical of Guderian yet Guderian did once say of Rommel "His problem is that he has to have everything his own way" and the two clearly had different views on the defense of France.
But it is very obvious that he is a man that wrote his own reputation (as did many others so he is not alone there) and like Manstein he was not enthusiastic about accepting critique of his performance.
As for my comment selecting Kluge and Rommel well it is well known that he did not see eye to eye with von Kluge yet there is little evidence to suggest Kluge reciprocated those views.
Rommel on the other hand did not appear critical of Guderian yet Guderian did once say of Rommel "His problem is that he has to have everything his own way" and the two clearly had different views on the defense of France.