After the outbreak of World War II, the autumn wind of the German Legion swept away the leaves, which really made Britain and France deeply uneasy. The armored tactics created by Guderian are really unique in the world, but de Gaulle should smile bitterly when he sees it. How is this dude's tactics so similar to mine? As the earliest use of tanks, Britain and France obviously have more experience in the use of tanks, and there is no shortage of capable people in Britain and France for the understanding of armored tactics, such as the British Army general Fuller and the French general Charles de Gaulle.
General Fuller of the Royal British Army was the first to propose an armored force, and he proposed the goal of mechanizing the army as early as 1922. De Gaulle, who was unknown at the time, also wrote a pamphlet called "Building a Professional Army", hoping that France could form 6 mechanized armored armouries to protect the safety of Paris. However, this constructive proposal was not supported by the British and French fathers of the First World War.
In his pamphlet, de Gaulle even played the role of a prophet, pointing out that the model of future warfare is coordinated operations between ground armored units, infantry and air forces. Mobility will be the main point of operations that dominates everything. But the Marshals of France still focused on defensive warfare, especially the Maginot Line. Even Marshal Pétain, de Gaulle's mentor, thought de Gaulle's idea too absurd.
The pamphlet "The Establishment of a Professional Army" was regarded as a treasure by the German General Staff, and it was specially incorporated into an internal manual, which is the famous "On Mechanized Warfare". It was on the basis of "On Mechanized Warfare" that Guderian combined with his own ideas to create his own armored tactics, which helped Germany to be invincible and swept through the countries of Western Europe. Germany was constrained by the defeat in World War I, and it was more difficult to build an armored army than to ascend to the heavens. It is said that Guderian only saw tanks for the first time in 1926. Just 10 years later, the German Panzer Corps was born, which shows how desperate Germany's desire for revenge was at that time.
Once the armored tactics were successful, Germany was like a war machine with horsepower, and a large number of chariots were developed to become the basis for Germany to sweep through Western Europe. During the Battle of France, ten German panzer divisions unloaded eight pieces of the whole of France, creating an incredible miracle of war. Guderian was more satisfied than at this time, after all, he had achieved his life's wishes. Although Lao Gu had no connection with the marshal in his life. What do you think?