godofthunder9010
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"Father of the Tank" and creator of Blitzkrieg. The man behind the training of the Panzergruppen and developing their tactics WELL before World War II. The man who's concepts on mobile warfare are still studied in military schools to this day. He was the best operational battlefield commander in World War II. He was the Chief of Mobile Troops, a position created by Hitler. Poland and the USSR claim he is a war criminal, probably because he had been so effective at smashing their Armed Forces.
He was a freethinking battlefield commander. On numerous occasions, he was ordered to "stop and wait for the infantry" when there was no need to do so. Just superiors with outdated concepts of warfare stuck in their heads. He was very quick to adapt himself to circumstances on the field of battle. He was a fighter. He repeatedly fought with his superiors, but in every instance I can think of he was right and it was the superiors who should have listened to him. Had he not been ignored, the miracle at Dunkirk probably never would have happened, Army Group Center would have proceeded as planned and they would have taken Moscow and Gorky in 1941, severely crippling the USSR's ability to fight back. Stalingrad would not have played out anything like it did. The Battle of Kursk would have never happened and the Wehrmacht would have probably come up with something a lot more effective for an alternative. Had he been listened to, all of Germany's infantry would have been fully mechanized well before the end of the war and Germany would have placed its economy on wartime footing much sooner. If those two things had happened, the world would have probably had very little chance at stopping the German Juggernaut.
I'm thankful that he was not given full opportunity to win the victory for Germany or he and his fellow commanders probably would have done so.
The man was so many things. Its puzzling that the world at large barely knows anything about him.
He was a freethinking battlefield commander. On numerous occasions, he was ordered to "stop and wait for the infantry" when there was no need to do so. Just superiors with outdated concepts of warfare stuck in their heads. He was very quick to adapt himself to circumstances on the field of battle. He was a fighter. He repeatedly fought with his superiors, but in every instance I can think of he was right and it was the superiors who should have listened to him. Had he not been ignored, the miracle at Dunkirk probably never would have happened, Army Group Center would have proceeded as planned and they would have taken Moscow and Gorky in 1941, severely crippling the USSR's ability to fight back. Stalingrad would not have played out anything like it did. The Battle of Kursk would have never happened and the Wehrmacht would have probably come up with something a lot more effective for an alternative. Had he been listened to, all of Germany's infantry would have been fully mechanized well before the end of the war and Germany would have placed its economy on wartime footing much sooner. If those two things had happened, the world would have probably had very little chance at stopping the German Juggernaut.
I'm thankful that he was not given full opportunity to win the victory for Germany or he and his fellow commanders probably would have done so.
The man was so many things. Its puzzling that the world at large barely knows anything about him.