Guderian looked down on Hitler normally, but how many Wehrmacht generals could look down on Hitler? Looking at the memoirs of Manstein and Guderian, it is clear that the german army's achievements during World War II were brought about by the Prussian tradition of the Wehrmacht, and the defeat of the German army was the result of Hitler's nerves. Whether it was the release of the British forces at Dunkirk or the delay in the sudden attack on Yugoslavia before the attack on the Soviet Union, in Manstein's view, it was the result of Hitler's nerves, which led to the reversal of the course of the war.
After the First World War, the Wehrmacht was regarded by the victorious powers as the culprit of Germany's war, so after Germany signed the surrender agreement, the sanctions against Germany included the forced reduction of the Wehrmacht, which could not exceed 100,000 people, resulting in a large number of former Wehrmacht generals losing their jobs and having to run around to make a living. But fundamentally, the German officers did not recognize Germany as a defeated country, but because Germany was a traitor, that is, a revolution within Germany, which led to Germany being forced to surrender, but now they are subject to sanctions, and the wehrmacht generals are not convinced.
Therefore, even during the Weimar Republic of China, the Weimar government was strictly guarded against the wehrmacht generals, but the wehrmacht generals did not eat this set, and still worked hard for the revival of the country, especially to preserve the foundation of Germany's military industry. In order to find a market for the German military industry, the German Wehrmacht not only cooperated with the newly established Soviet Union, and cooperated with Brazil, Argentina and other countries in South America, but also found a market in China, and once became the most important overseas market for the German military industry, and Germany even planned to help the Nanjing government at that time to build Hunan into an industrial base similar to Germany's Bavaria.
Hitler was born not only by the Nazis, but also by the complete liberation of the Wehrmacht from its previous suppressed state. Hitler and the frustrated Wehrmacht generals at the time were a one-shot deal, and they hated each other late, and soon entered a stage of mutual cooperation. Hitler's vigorous expansion of the Size of the German Army, the blatant restoration of German military industrial production, and his aggressive posture in foreign policy made the Wehrmacht generals very excited, and Hitler of course also needed to use the Wehrmacht generals to rapidly improve Germany's military strength.
In fact, even during World War II, although there were no small contradictions between Hitler and the Wehrmacht, it cannot be said that all of Hitler's command of the German army was blind command and blind toss. On the contrary, in the recollections of some Wehrmacht generals who later became Prisoners of War of the Allies, it was not honest enough on this point. It can be said that without Hitler's strategic conception, Germany would not have achieved such rapid results in the early stages of World War II. Whether it was a blitzkrieg against Poland or the defeat of France, there was a contribution from Hitler, and in the memoirs of Guderian and Manstein, they were deceived by Hitler.
Are we familiar with this routine? Of course it's familiar. In the memories of the generals of the Nationalist army who were captured in the Liberation War, they basically followed this routine, their commands were all ordered, and the generals were all desperate, but the command of the commander-in-chief was not forceful, blindly commanded, and tossed and turned, which led to the collapse of the entire war. In fact, it is nothing more than throwing the pot to the command, so that they can have a decent explanation of their failures. In particular, the memories of some generals of the National Army during the Liberation War often appeared to deliberately throw the pot to the high command, but they did not mention a word about their passive avoidance of war or other small calculations. Therefore, even the memoirs of the generals of the national army are actually not fully trusted, and they need to refer to the memories of different people in order to restore the truth.
Therefore, it is more accurate to say that Manstein and Guderian and others in their later memoirs showed contempt and contempt for Hitler. For example, Manstein insisted that when the German army attacked France, they all thought that as soon as France surrendered, the war would be over, and they did not expect to attack the Soviet Union and continue to expand the scale of the war, and tactically indulged 300,000 British troops to escape in Dunkirk, which he felt even more incomprehensible. In fact, these were all his words after the fact, but he wanted to dress them up as pure soldiers, but they were used by Hitler. Anyway, Hitler was dead, he couldn't speak, they could do whatever they wanted.
But the question is, if they fundamentally doubt Hitler, how could they have risen so quickly under Hitler and continued to execute Hitler's strategy? While it is undeniable that Hitler did have some incomprehensible operations during World War II, on the whole, most of the time his strategic command of the German army was not a problem. It can be said that without many of Hitler's ideas, the German army would not have achieved many of the results of the early days of World War II. As for Manstein and others saying that they did not know to attack the Soviet Union when they attacked France, this is completely impossible.