Прочитал книгу Гейнц Guderianа. Воспоминания солдата. Guderian это бывший генерал-полковник танковых войск вермахта, принимавший активное участие в осуществлении гитлеровских планов "молниеносной войны". "Воспоминания" представляют собой интереснейший документ, повествующий о драматических событиях европейской и всемирной истории в период 1939-1945 гг.
The book is good, but there are doubts about the truth, too, Heinz is doing well. I think that Heinz was a complete asshole, and he died for a lot of Russian soldiers.
GuderianHitler allowed the Russian military commissions to inspect our school tank and tank factories, and ordered all Russian show. At the same time Russian, examining our tank-type T-IV, did not want to believe that this is our most heavy tank. They have repeatedly stated that we hide from them our latest design, which Hitler had promised to show them. Persistence commission was so high that our manufacturers and weapons control officer concluded: "It seems to already have their own Russian more severe and sophisticated types of tanks than we do."
Guderian: In my book, "Attention, tanks!" Published in 1937, I indicated that at that time in Russia there were 10 000 tanks, but that figure against the Chief of General Staff objected to Beck, as well as censorship. I had great difficulty to obtain permission to publish these figures, although in reality, the available information at my disposal were talking about is that Russian tanks had then 17 000, and I have approached with extreme caution to publish available information. In the face of imminent danger can not follow the policy of the ostrich, but Hitler and his most influential political, economic and military advisers are permanently adhered to a political line. This policy forced closure of the eye to the harsh realities brought disastrous consequences of which we are forced to experience even now.
Hitler's opinion about the war and the further development of German and Russian civilization.
Hitler: If you lost the war, the people perish. This fate is inevitable. No need to pay attention to those words in which people need to keep a primitive life. On the contrary, it is better to destroy it ourselves, because our nation was weak and the stronger eastern nation of the future. All those who remain alive after the battle - inferior people, for the full die on the battlefield!
