He madeno friends until he got his first command. Many times his hot temper brought him trouble and he was often saved by a superior who saw a young officerwith exceptional military ability, but a bad control over his temper. Many times later Guderian disobeyed orders from his superiors. They often tried to hold his advance, fearing his exposed flanks and wanting to bring themarching infantry up, which could not cope with the advance of the tanks. This was a grave mistake and Guderian knew it.
Armored warfare knows noflanks.
The German Wehrmacht's officers were no bunch of good comrades. Everyone wanted his share of glory and the youngest made the most progress, sothis was another reason to stop him. There are many pictures of Guderian,because some Propaganda-Officers followed the popular generals whereverthey went and took a lot of shots. Every picture shows smiling Guderian onthe front and surrounded by his soldiers. Although when pictured with his staff or superior officers Guderian seldom smiled.