General von Guderian

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military Leader
gptkbp:advocatesFor Combined arms operations
Rapid mechanized warfare
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkbp:birthDate 1888-06-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kulm,_Prussia
gptkbp:burialPlace Cemetery_in_Gera
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkb:German_3rd_Panzer_Army
gptkb:Panzer_Group_1
gptkb:German_2nd_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:contributedTo German_military_doctrine
gptkbp:criticism Hitler's_military_decisions
gptkbp:deathDate 1954-02-14
gptkbp:diedIn Gera,_East_Germany
gptkbp:education gptkb:Prussian_Military_Academy
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Heinz_Wilhelm_Guderian
gptkbp:historicalImpact Significant_in_WWII_tactics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General von Guderian
gptkbp:influenced Modern armored warfare
NATO_military_strategies
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hindenburg
gptkb:Ferdinand_Foch
gptkbp:inspiration Future military leaders
gptkbp:involvedIn Military_reforms_in_Germany
gptkbp:judges Post-war trials
gptkbp:knownFor Blitzkrieg tactics
gptkbp:legacy Innovator of tank warfare
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:German_Army
Armored warfare
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:nickname Father of Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:operationalRole Tank commander
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkbp:postWarCareer Wrote military history books
gptkbp:promotions Lieutenant General
Major General
General of Panzer Troops
gptkbp:publishedBy Panzer Leader
gptkbp:publishedIn Military journals
gptkbp:rank General
gptkbp:recognizedBy Military historians
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Inspector_General_of_the_Army
gptkbp:spouse Martha Guderian
gptkbp:strategicGoals Chief of the General Staff
gptkbp:supportRole Armored division leader
gptkbp:wrote A Soldier's Letters to His Son