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BL
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| Record Number
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563849
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b393140
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| Main Entry
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Heinz Guderian
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| Title & Author
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Panzer leader\ Heinz Guderian ; new introduction by Kenneth Macksey ; foreword by B.H. Liddell Hart ; translated from the German by Constantine Fitzgibbon.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd Da Capo Press ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York : Da Capo Press,, 2002.
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| Page. NO
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xii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0306811014
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: 9780306811012
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : [Dutton], 1952.; Includes index.
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| Contents
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Background and Youth -- The Creation of the German Armoured Force -- Hitler at the Peak of his Power -- 1938. The Blomberg-Fritsch crisis -- The Incorporation of Austria into the Reich -- The Incorporation of the Sudetenland into the Reich -- The Situation Deteriorates Once Again -- The Beginning of the Disaster -- The Drift to War -- The Polish Campaign -- Between the Campaigns -- The Campaign in the West -- Preparations for the Campaign -- The Break-through to the Channel -- The Capture of the Channel Ports -- Hitler's Momentous Order to Stop -- The Break-through to the Swiss Border -- The Armistice -- The Campaign in Russia, 1941 -- The Background -- Preparations -- Opening Operations -- Crossing the Dnieper -- Smolensk--Elnya--Roslavl -- Moscow or Kiev? -- The Battle of Kiev -- The Battles of Orel and Bryansk -- The Advance to Tula and Moscow -- My First Dismissal -- On Inactive Service -- The Development of the Armoured Force, January 1942 to February 1943 -- Inspector-General of Armoured Troops -- Appointment and First Actions -- Dr. Goerdeler's Visits -- 'Operation Citadel' -- Disagreements during the Second Half of 1943 -- The Year of Decision -- July 20th and its Sequel -- Chief of the General Staff -- Operations on the Eastern Front -- The Ardennes Offensive -- Defensive Preparations in the East -- The Russian Offensive -- The Final Collapse -- Leading Personalities of the Third Reich -- Hitler -- The Party -- The National and District Controllers -- Hitler's Intimate Circle -- The Government. The German General Staff -- 'To Be or Not to Be, That is the Question!'.
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| Abstract
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The 50th-anniversary edition of the German general's legendary memoir,"The 50th-anniversary edition of the German general's legendary memoir,"The 50th-anniversary edition of the German general's legendary memoir,"The 50th-anniversary edition of the German general's legendary memoir
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| Subject
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Autobiographies; Personal narratives; Nonfiction; Personal narratives, German
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| Parallel Title
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Erinnerungen eines Soldaten.
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