Panzer Leader (book)

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.

Panzer Leader

Cover of the Ballantine Book abridged version
Author	Heinz Guderian
Original title	Erinnerungen eines Soldaten
Language	German
Genre	War novel, Autobiography
Publication date	1951
Publication place	Germany
Published in English	Ballantine Books, 1957
Media type	Print
OCLC	3596228

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".

See also

• Myth of the clean Wehrmacht
• Panzer Battles
• Armored warfare
• Eastern Front (World War II)
• Hans von Luck

External links

• Copy of book on the Internet Archive