Panzer Leader (book)
Cover of the Ballantine Book abridged version | |
| Author | Heinz Guderian |
|---|---|
| Original title | Erinnerungen eines Soldaten |
| Language | German |
| Genre | War novel, Autobiography |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | Michael Joseph, E. P. Dutton, 1952 |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 3596228 |
Panzer Leader (original German: Erinnerungen eines Soldaten, literally "Memories of a Soldier") is an autobiography by German General Heinz Guderian, written during his imprisonment by the Allies after the Second World War.
The most prominent English language version is the 1952 translation by Constantine Fitzgibbon published in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph and the United States by E. P. Dutton, with a foreword by B. H. Liddell Hart. The Da Capo Press editions have an additional introduction by Kenneth Macksey. Panzer Leader and its subsequent editions sold over 180,000 copies worldwide by the 1970s. It eventually reached its 18th printing in Germany in 2003.