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Ernst Volckheim

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German military officer (1898-1962)

GermanyWritersLived 1898 to 1962 · aged 64
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Ernst Volckheim was one of the founders of armored and mechanized warfare. A German officer in the First and Second World War, Volkheim rose to the rank of colonel, during World War II in the German Army.

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Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Volckheim (to the left) dressed in black Panzer uniform saluting parading troops of Panzer-Abteilung z.b.V. 40 in Oslo, Norway on October 1st, 1940.Photo: Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway)Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Volckheim (to the left) dressed in black Panzer uniform saluting parading troops of Panzer-Abteilung z.b.V. 40 in Oslo, Norway on October 1st, 1940.Photo: Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway)

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Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

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Ernst Volckheim was one of the founders of armored and mechanized warfare. A German officer in the First and Second World War, Volkheim rose to the rank of colonel, during World War II in the German Army. Little known outside of professional military and historical circles, Volckheim is considered the foremost military academic influence on German tank war proponent, Heinz Guderian, because both Volckheim's teaching as well as his 1924 professional military articles place him as one of the very earliest theorists of armored warfare and the use of German armored formations including independent tank corps.

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Lived 1898 to 1962 · aged 64
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