Heinz Guderian Biography

Commands the 2nd Panzer Division through Linz to Vienna during the Anschluss

Appointed Commander XIX Panzer Corps

Commands XIX Panzer Corps, perfects his blitzkrieg technique

Crosses the Polish corridor

The Battle had cost 150 killed from 4 Divisions

Commands a Panzer force which captures Brest Litovsk

Guderains blitzkrieg policy is accepted by the German High Command

Appointed Colonel General

Appointed Colonel General after his 19th corps defeat the French at Sedan

From Dinant to Sedan the Germans are within reach of the River Meuse

Reaches Sedan

Guderian crosses the River Meuse

Breaks through Sedan & reaches the Channel coast within 1 week

Manages to fend off de Gaulles attempt to break off his supply lines

Ordered by Rundstedt to launch a "reconnaissance in force", undermines Hitler

Advances as far as the Channel Coast

Reaches the Channel Coast

Guderains tanks break through to Abbeville

An Allied counter-attack briefly stops the Germans

1st Panzer Division breaches the Aa Canal, 15 kilometers from Dunkirk

Hitler orders the left wing to stop, it is forbidden to cross the Aa

Ordered to halt by the German High Command & not to advance on Dunkirk. Guderains tanks capture Boulogne-sur-Mer

The "halt order" is lifted & the Panzers resume their advance

The French rearguard surrenders

Advanced as far as the Swiss border when France surrenders

The XIX Corps is expanded for the invasion of Russia

Encircles the Ukraine by Sept but Moscow cannot be captured in 1941

Relieved of his command by Hitler after the Panzers are forced onto the defensive

Hoth & Guderian encircle Minsk trapping 300,000 Russian soldiers

Helps encircle large Russian forces at Smolensk

Rundstedt & Guderian complete the encirclement of Kiev

Guderian takes Yeremenko by surprise when he begins to attack Moscow

Captures Kalinin severing the Leningrad-Moscow railway line

The 10th Panzer Division & SS Das Reich reach Borodino, 70 miles from Moscow

1st Panzer Division captures Kalinin 100 niles outside Moscow

Reaches Tula & threatens Moscow from the south

Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance

Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance

Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill

Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill

The Russians begin their counter-attack

Appointed Inspector of Armoured Troops & Works

Appointed Inspector of Armoured Troops & Works increase tank production

Made aware of the July conspiracy

Appointed Chief-of General Staff

Appointed Chief-of General Staff

Appointed Commander of the Eastern Front

Directs the Eastern front

Arrested but released after not being charged with any war crimes

Dismissed for failing to check the Red Armys advance on Berlin