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Heinz Guderian (17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a Nazi German World War II general and tank commander, theorist of tank combat and one of the developers of blitzkrieg strategy. He was not charged with any war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials since his actions and behavior were ruled to be consistent with those of a professional soldier. Heinz Guderian died at the age of 65, in Schwangau near Füssen (Southern Bavaria) and is buried at the Friedhof Hildesheimerstrasse in Goslar.

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Also Known As: Hammering Heinz

Alternative Names: Heinz Wilhelm Guderian • Hurrying Heinz • Guderian, Heinz

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New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old bottles.

Ticket to the last station.

Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!

When the situation is obscure, attack.

Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.

It's simply our duty to save these people, and we still have time to remove them! But it's useless to sacrifice men in this senseless way. It's high time! We must evacuate those soldiers at once!

The engine of the Panzer is a weapon just as the main-gun.

Der Motor des Panzers ist ebenso seine Waffe wie die Kanone.

You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.

Man schlägt jemanden mit der Faust und nicht mit gespreizten Fingern.

There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.

Es gibt keine verzweifelten Lagen, es gibt nur verzweifelte Menschen.

It has been deduced from Hitler's great power over the masses that the Germans are an unusually suggestible race. But in all countries and at all times men have succumbed to the suggestive powers of unusual personalities, even if the wielders of those powers were not always good men in the Christian sense.