Ep 116: David Stahel on Guderian and Hitler’s Panzer Generals

David Stahel, associate professor of history at the University of New South Wales and author of Hitler's Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded, joins the show to talk about Heinz Guderian, the myth and the man.
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• 01:38 Introduction
• 02:57 Diving into the letters
• 08:43 Debunking
• 15:30 A sinister figure
• 19:39 Achtung - Panzer!
• 27:37 Guderian the Nazi
• 33:42 Poland and France
• 45:49 Russia
• 50:50 Barbarossa bound to fail?
• 54:48 Guderian the chameleon

[@fazole]

David is a superb writer, imo, because he knows how to provide loads of details combined with personal letters and reports but in a way that doesn't overwhelm the reader (or listener) with mind numbing data.

[@CurtisWebb-en5kh]

Thank you from California.

[@Sheehan1]

Very interesting analysis

[@kentnilsson465]

Gestapo read their letters, how can you expect them to be critical in their writing?

[@lasombra120680]

Solid analysis. Shame shit everyone else says. Bravo.