Frases de Heinz Guderian

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian fue un militar alemán, coronel general de la Wehrmacht y Jefe del Estado Mayor General del Ejército, considerado uno de los mayores genios militares del siglo XX y conocido por ser uno de los principales impulsores del concepto de la moderna guerra relámpago, artífice de la mecanización del arma de caballería blindada de los alemanes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Su trabajo fue fundamental en el desarrollo de carros blindados en las dos guerras mundiales, destacando ampliamente los Panzer II, III, IV y en especial el Panther, algunos de los más eficaces de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y entre los más innovadores de la historia. Guderian fue uno de los artífices de la optimización de las comunicaciones por radio del arma blindada.[1]​

Sus ideas estaban muy influidas por los teóricos John Fuller y Liddell Hart[2]​ y por el militar soviético Mariscal Mijaíl Tujachevsky. Durante la invasión de la Unión Soviética fue conocido como uno de los generales más eficaces y activos del frente del Este y era apodado como Schneller Heinz .[3]​ Wikipedia  

✵ 17. junio 1888 – 14. mayo 1954
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Frases célebres de Heinz Guderian

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Heinz Guderian: Frases en inglés

“When the situation is obscure, attack.”

As quoted in Waging Business Warfare (1988) David J. Rogers, p. 236

“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!”

Arguing with Adolf Hitler about the German army being cut off in the Courland Pocket; as quoted in Inside the Third Reich : Memoirs (1971) by Albert Speer, p. 534

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

Es gibt keine verzweifelten Lagen, es gibt nur verzweifelte Menschen.
As quoted in Die Deutschen gepanzerten Truppen bis 1945 (1965) by Oskar Munzel

“Ticket to the last station.”

Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation.
Shouted to his Panzertroops as they were passing him, indicating that they should go as far as they could; as quoted in Panzerkrieg : The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Tank Divisions (2002) by Peter McCarthy and Mike Syron, p. 83

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

Man schlägt jemanden mit der Faust und nicht mit gespreizten Fingern.
As quoted in Die Deutschen gepanzerten Truppen bis 1945 (1965) by Oskar Munzel, p. 209; this indicated the need to concentrate tank forces for one strong push in one direction and not distribute them over a large area.

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

As quoted in Cavalry from Hoof to Track (2009) by Roman Jarymowycz, Ch. 16 : Cold Warhorse: Pegasus ex Machina

“If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.”

As quoted in Panzerkrieg : The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Tank Divisions (2002) by Peter McCarthy and Mike Syron, p. 33

“To imitate the ostrich in political matters has never been a satisfactory method of avoiding danger; yet this is what Hitler, as well as his more important political, economic and even military advisers, chose to do over and over again.”

On the failure of Hitler and his advisors to face realities of various situations, especially those of the military on the Eastern Front, in Panzer Leader (1952), Ch. 6 : The Campaign in Russia, p. 190
Contexto: To imitate the ostrich in political matters has never been a satisfactory method of avoiding danger; yet this is what Hitler, as well as his more important political, economic and even military advisers, chose to do over and over again. The consequences of this deliberate blindness in the face of hard facts were devastating; and it was we who now had to bear them.

“Actions speak louder than words. In the days to come the Goddess of Victory will bestow her laurels only on those who prepared to act with daring.”

Achtung-Panzer! : The Development of Armoured Forces, Their Tactics and Operational Potential (1937)

“Boot 'em, don't spatter 'em!”

Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!
As quoted in How Great Generals Win (1993) by Bevin Alexander, p. 227; this statement became a stock phrase which Hitler often repeated. It is comparable to the adage "Don't do things by half."

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

Der Motor des Panzers ist ebenso seine Waffe wie die Kanone.
As quoted in Die Deutschen gepanzerten Truppen bis 1945 (1965) by Oskar Munzel, p. 159

“We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.”

Letter to his wife (9 November 1941) on the German failures in Operation Barbarossa and the battles of the Eastern Front, quoted in Images of Kursk : History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943 (2002) by Nikolas Cornish, p. 6; also in The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War (2009) by Andrew Roberts, p. 409

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