Heinz Guderian (
June 17,
1888 -
May 14,
1954) was
Hitler's well known "Panzer General" and one of the founders of the so-called "
Blitzkrieg". He designed the technical principles of the modern
tank war in Germany and built the tank weapon between the
First and the
Second World Wars. His ideas were greatly influenced by
J.F.C. Fuller.
He wrote the book Achtung Panzer!, about tank warfare, shortly before World War II.