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Post by bruce » 09 Jun 2003, 03:39

hi there
can some1 pls provide some information about Guderian's sons, thier decorations and military careers??

a photo would be also nice 8)

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Post by USAF1986 » 09 Jun 2003, 03:47

Family: Married Margarete Goerne on 1 October 1913 – two sons: Heinz Günther (born 23 August 1914) and Kurt (born 17 September 1918). Heinz Günther received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 October 1944 as a Major in the General Staff serving as the Operations Officer (Ia) of the 116th Panzer Division. He ultimately achieved the rank of Oberstleutnant in World War II. Heinz Günther Guderian later served in the post-World War II German Army (Bundesheer) and reached the rank of Generalmajor. He is the author of From Normandy to the Ruhr: with the 116th Panzer Division in World War II.

I really don't know any details about Kurt Guderian.

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Post by bruce » 09 Jun 2003, 06:03

wich one of the guderians is this?
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Post by bruce » 09 Jun 2003, 06:04

does any1 have a pictuer of the guderian's wife?
and how bout the other son?

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Post by Elwyn W » 09 Jun 2003, 06:25

This is Guderian Senior I believe.

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 09 Jun 2003, 09:49

Yeep, Freiherr is right, the above pic shows Gen. Obst. Heinz Guderian.

btw: There was a brother (Dr. Guderian) also serving in the General Staff of the Army (8th Technical Dept.). His Dept. Ldr. was Model until 1938. I think he was an E-Officer (Supplementary Officer).

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Post by bruce » 09 Jun 2003, 20:32

are u sure this is Heinz Guderian? someone on this forum told me that this is one his sons...hmm...is there a way i can double check that?

its really hard to find pictures of heinz and his sons...and yet he was so famous...all the pictures on the net are of the desert fox... *sight* :roll:

does any1 know where i can find some pic of hienz's family...that would be interesting

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Post by Marcus » 09 Jun 2003, 20:34

bruce,

Please don't write "u" instead of you, "any1" instead of "anyone" etc, as it makes your posts harder to read.
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Post by Glenn2438 » 09 Jun 2003, 20:52

Bruce,

The pre World War 1 photograph above shows Heinz Guderian as a Leutnant in the Hannoversches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 10

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Post by Svennie » 10 Jun 2003, 21:02

there are family portraits of the Guderians, including wife and sons, in the following book

Generaloberst Guderian und die Entstehungsgeschichte des modernen Blitzkrieges
Dr Dermot Bradley
Biblio Verlag osnabrück

This dissertation deals excellently with Heinz Guderians early years, using all possible material from the family archive (letters, reports, pictiures, interviews etc). It explains in painstaking detail how Heinz develoepd the blitzkrieg theories from his WW1 experiences, and how difficult it turned out to be to convince the utterly conservative prussian officers.
A great read, only in German!

By the way, Heinz-Günther Guderian (eldest son) is still alive. I seem to remember that the younger son died in the war, I'm not sure though.

Sven

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