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.▪️ Times     •      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   Follow along  on InstagramFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War SubstackBuy the book here - Hitler's Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded