Heinz Guderian

Heinz Guderian (b 1888) was an officer in the German Army in the early twentieth century. During the Great War, he served as a military observer to the United States for a time. He observed US Army tactics in the Canadian Rockies, where he met Irving Morrell. He would meet Morrell a second time after the war when the latter was serving as an occupation officer in Canada. Guderian hoped to learn from Morrell techniques which the German Army could use in its occupation of restive parts of France, but the advice Morrell could offer was limited.

On the latter trip, Morrell was accompanied by Sergeant Adolf Hitler.