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Polish War of Aggression In August 1939, World War II was about to break out. Guderian served as the commander of the 19th Armored Corps (including the 3rd Armored Division) under Rundstedt, and participated in the Polish invasion on September 1. The 19th Panzer Corps, as the path-finder of the German Army Group South, felt like entering uninhabited territory. At first, the Poles even thought that the tanks were just camouflage fortifications, and their cavalry bravely rushed towards the German tank clusters. In less than two weeks, the high-speed advance of Guderian and Kleist's armored corps trapped the tactically backward Poles in a tight encirclement. The role of the German infantry was to capture the enemy troops in the encirclement. The Polish invasion ended one month and one day after the battle began. Guderian's 19th Panzer Army suffered only 150 casualties and 700 injuries throughout the campaign. In this battle, Guderian realized for the first time his tactical concept of armored combat, that is, in the tactical direction of suitable terrain, using armored clusters as a three-in-one assault method of firepower, mobility and protection, focusing on a certain point on the enemy's defense line to break through. After success, it will develop rapidly into the depth of the enemy, making it impossible for the enemy to reorganize and regroup to build a defense line again. In his personal memoirs, he proudly claimed that he was probably the first senior commander in the history of human warfare to sit in an armored command vehicle and use radio to command troops, and to rush through the enemy's defense lines with the front-line combat troops. . Western Front Battlefield In May 1940, Guderian participated in the French Campaign (World War II) and once again became the spearhead of the attack - serving as the commander of the 16th Armored Corps under Army Group A. At Manstein's suggestion, Hitler agreed and adopted the attack plan of the then Chief of Staff of Army Group A. In the plan, the Germans transferred the main offensive from Army Group B, which was targeting the Liège area in northern Belgium, led by right-wing General Bock, to Army Group A in the central area. And use the Ardennes Mountains, an area considered impassable for mechanized troops, as a breakthrough. His XIX Panzer Corps successfully crossed the 110-kilometer-long canyon zone of the Ardennes in just two days. The outstanding performance in the battle also allowed Guderian to reshape the impression that he was considered to be only able to talk on paper. The speed of his attack not only frightened his opponents, but even his superiors Rundstedt and Hitler: after crossing the Maas River, Guderian no longer used the tank as a self-propelled artillery, but used its power as much as possible. The high-speed characteristics moved in depth, from Sedan to Abbeville and Gravelines on the seaside, completing a huge encirclement that shocked the world. This encirclement pocketed all Allied forces in northern France and Belgium. During the march, Guderian's troops did not even have time to capture the enemy troops, but shouted through loudspeakers: 'I have no time to capture you, you must lay down your weapons and get off the road so as not to impede our advance. ’ In this way, he created the fastest offensive speed in the history of modern warfare. In less than six days, his armored corps drove more than 400 kilometers across France and drove the tanks to the Atlantic coast. When the Soviet-German war broke out on June 22, 1941, Hitler decided to launch a rapid attack on the Soviet Union with three army groups - Army Group North led by Marshal Loeb; Army Group Center led by Marshal Bock. and Army Group South led by Field Marshal Rundst. Guderian is the commander of the Second Armored Corps under Marshal Bock of Army Group Center. On the morning of July 9, Marshal Kruger, commander of the Second Army in charge of the Second Armored Corps, rushed to his station after hearing that he was planning to forcibly cross the Dnieper River, preparing to stop it. Guderian then successfully persuaded Kruger to allow him to cross Dnieper and launch an attack on Smolensk. By July 11, the German army had occupied almost all of Belarus, advancing about 450 to 600 kilometers eastward. On July 12, Guderian's armored corps surrounded the four divisions of the Thirteenth Army of the Soviet Red Army and part of the 20th Mechanized Division that went to rescue Smolensk. The next day, the Soviet army launched a fierce counterattack. The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Central Front, Timosenko, ordered a total of 20 divisions near Gomel to attack Guderian. The Soviet army in the encirclement also began a breakout operation. After fierce fighting, the 2nd Armored Corps repulsed the enemy's counterattack and was able to continue its advance towards Smolensk. In the early morning of July 15, Guderian's vanguard unit, the 71st Infantry Regiment, occupied the rear artillery position in the outer defense circle of Smolensk through a country road under the cover of darkness. Guderian captured Smolensk on July 16, and the next day Hitler awarded Guderian an oak leaf to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the Battle of Smolensk, Guderian suggested that the Army Headquarters launch an encirclement offensive with Moscow as the destination. The army headquarters did not adopt the suggestions of Guderian, Marshal Bock and others, but Hitler personally ordered the adoption of Rundstedt's idea - the primary attack targets were the Soviet Red Army's Southwest Front in Budyonny and the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Guderian's Second Armored Corps was then seconded to Rundstedt's Army Group South to assist in the Kiev battle. The Battle of Kiev ended on September 26. Although the Nazi German army won the victory, it also gave the Soviets time to construct a deep defense position with Moscow as the core.

They built three lines of defenses near Moscow - the 320-kilometer Vyazma Defense Line near Vyazma; the 140-kilometer Mozhaysk Defense Line west of Moscow; and finally four arcs along the Moscow Ring Road. Line of defense. There were originally 500,000 troops stationed in Moscow, but they lacked heavy weapons and combat experience. Later, Stalin ordered 25 infantry divisions and 9 armored brigades that were confronting the Japanese Kwantung Army in Siberia to return to defend Moscow. These troops stationed in Siberia for a long time were particularly adaptable to harsh weather and played an important role in future counterattacks. Immediately, the defense battle for Moscow began in full swing, and the fighting lasted until mid-October, when both the Soviet Union and Germany suffered heavy losses. The Soviet defense line retreated 30 to 50 kilometers. Almost all German infantry divisions lost 2,500 men, and the armored forces had less than 50% of their normal strength. Guderian's troops were particularly serious. Each regiment lost more than 500 men, and the average number of infantry companies was only 50 men. Even the ace tank brigade Eberbach Tank Brigade has only 60 tanks left. This is also the only tank left in the Second Armored Corps, which has more than 600 tanks at full strength. Faced with bad weather and the inability to deal with the Soviet T-34 tanks, the German army was soon defeated in the battle to defend Moscow. Guderian's suggestion to withdraw was rejected by Hitler. On December 26, Guderian was transferred back to the Army Headquarters on standby, and his position was taken over by Lieutenant General Rudolf Schmidt. Later in the war, more than a year after the defeat in the Battle of Moscow, Guderian served as director of the armored forces, responsible for the production, training, tactical formulation and reorganization of the armored forces. After taking office, Guderian increased Germany's monthly production of tanks and armored vehicles from less than 600 units to 1,955 units, including the then German armored main tank Type IV, the latest tank Type V Leopard and Type VI Tiger tank. tank. After Hitler ignored Guderian's concerns about the reliability of the Panther tank and put the 1st Armored Division, which had just been converted into Panther tanks, into the Acropolis battle in Kursk and suffered a devastating blow, Guderian suggested that When shifting to a strategic defense posture, anti-tank guns should be chosen to replace tanks as the main defense force. With Hitler's consent, he can arrange the production and distribution of anti-tank guns on his own. However, due to time and industrial, economic, personnel and other factors, when the Soviet Union launched a counterattack in 1944, only one-third of the combat defense forces were equipped with assault guns. At the same time, Guderian suggested withdrawing armored units from the Eastern Front battlefield and reorganizing them. After being rejected by Hitler, he proposed withdrawing armored units from the Western Front battlefield and was approved. When the Allies launched the Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944, Guderian had reorganized 10 armored divisions and armored infantry divisions. Guderian raised objections to the defense plan of Rommel, who was the main person in charge of the Atlantic Wall. He believed that Rommel had placed the mobile troops in too large a space for the front-line troops and had a dispute with him. In the later stages of the war, Guderian and Hitler had greater differences in their tactical and strategic views, which made the conflict between the two more intense and they had many quarrels. However, Guderian was a soldier who was loyal to Germany. He vowed not to join the plot to overthrow Hitler in a coup. The incident occurred on July 20, 1944. Guderian participated in the Honorary Military Tribunal responsible for the trial and was appointed acting Army Chief of Staff. In March 1945, on the eve of Germany's defeat, he was once again placed on six weeks' sick leave by Hitler. Retired and removed from office in the name of health recuperation. When he came home on the day of his dismissal, his wife said to him: "You were out for a terrible amount of time today!" He replied: "Yes, and this will be the last time, I have been dismissed!" . [1] He surrendered to the US military on May 10, 1945, and was imprisoned for 3 years. He was not classified as a war criminal because he did not torture war criminals or massacre civilians during the war, and was released in 1948. Since then, he has been recuperating at home and writing his personal biography "Memories of a Soldier". Guderian died of illness on May 14, 1955, and was buried in Goslar, where he first held a military post.