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  • Author: Erich Manstein
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Zenith Press (August 22, 2004)
  • Pages: 592 pages
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Coming from Hitler's greatest general, it's a most effective filleting. WWII History, December 2005.

Coming from Hitler's greatest general, it's a most effective filleting.

Its English translation was published in 1958 for distribution in the UK and the US.

Manstein describes his interactions with Hitler, and analyzes Hitler's weaknesses as a military commander, in some depth on several occasions in the last few hundred pages of the book.

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Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldi. er, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldi. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events. This is what he tells us in this book. Nothing is certain in war, when all is said and done," But in Manstein's record, at least, we can see clearly what forces were in action.

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Erich Von Manstein, General, victory, defeat, preventive war, Soviet Union, Hitler, Stalin, Operation Barbarossa, Stalingrad, warfare, Wehrmacht, Heer, German Army, Strategy, Stalingrad, Operation Citadel, Panzer, Verlorene Siege, Crimea, Sevastopol, Blitzkrieg, Political Commissars, Bolshewik, zweiter Weltkrieg, Red Army. Erich Von Manstein Lost Victories translation of Lost Victories.

Dismissed by Hitler in March 1944, Manstein sat out the rest of the war at home, watching, no doubt with dismay, the unneccessary prolongation of a conflict that had already been decided. His is the best book of memoirs on the German side and it is indispensable for understanding the conditions and circumstances of Hitler's war. December 1981.

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events. Nothing is certain in war, when all is said and done, But in Manstein’s record, at least, we can see clearly what forces were in action. In retrospect, perhaps his book takes on an even greater significance. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. From related product, Lost Victories.

Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events." This is what he tells us in this book.His account is detailed, yet dispassionate and objective. "Nothing is certain in war, when all is said and done," But in Manstein's record, at least, we can see clearly what forces were in action. In retrospect, perhaps his book takes on an even greater significance.
Reviews about Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General (7):
Anarasida
I have always been curious about how WWII looked form the side of the German military. Manstein's book opened my eyes to the destructive role Hitler played over the German military by interfering in the conduct of the war at the operational level. It also addressed the question of blind obedience the German Generals gave to Hitler. Unfortunately, it did not address the role of the paramilitary units that followed the army into conquered territories inflicting genocide on people. The book explains the idea of mobile war developed by the German General Staff after WWI and its implementation during WWII. One of the most revealing facts was that Hitler did not have an understanding of the doctrine and refused to allow the army to conduct strategic retreats to gain a military advantage by its mobility. This ultimately caused the collapse of the German army in the east through attrition. You have to have a basic understanding of Easter European geography to appreciate the details of each campaign.
Monam
One must always read this sort of book with some cynicism, given the author's very real motivation to make himself look clean of anything like war crimes.

Even so, there is some interesting observation and analysis here of what it meant to be in the army at the time Hitler was making up his mind on the invasion of Poland. For example, one gets an inside view of Hitler trying to convince military people that the West will not go to war over Poland. One also gets some fascinating analysis of how Poland could have done better if she had picked the right strategy: playing for time. Instead, he writes, Poland tried to "'cover everything' and surrender nothing voluntarily....Hitler was to have a similar experience only a few years later - without ever learning his lesson from it."
Mr.Death
I don't know whether they still read Caesar's "Commentaries" at West Point. "Lost Victories" seems almost in the same category. Neither the legions of the Empire nor the Whermacht will be seen again. Another global conflict would, thanks to technical "progress", destroy what we call civilization. If one wants a feeling for how terrible the conflict in the Soviet Union was, books by lower ranking soldiers are more to the point. Still, Von Manstein was the master of his art, and it is not pleasant to think of the possibilites that would have arisen if he and his fellow professionals had had full control of the German forces. His counteroffensive after the Stalingrad catastrophe was amazing. Whatever his moral failures were, Von Manstein is one of history's great captains. Those interested in the military history of WWII, the book is, of course, required reading.
Hra
Von Manstein's logical, almost mathematically precise analysis of his military campaigns make one shudder to think where we would be today if Hitler had trusted his advice and appointed him Chief of Staff. One can't help but believe that the Soviets would have been fought to a standstill and Germany may well have had two or more years in which to develop her jet fighters and second generation heavy tanks.

Highly recommended to anyone interested in understanding grand strategic thinking and how the German General Staff operated.
The Sphinx of Driz
for the record, I have only finished reading the first third of this book so far; but, from what I have read so far, I can honestly say that this book is one of the most informative and detailed writings about how, strategically, modern warfare should be conducted. manstein is, indeed, a very skillful and intelligent war commander. he teaches you that wars are fought (and won) primarily by intellect and careful planning, not by sheer strength, trench warfare, and availability of weapons only. my personal advice here? just try to withstand the intensity of the information in the first third of the book, and then hopefully you can enjoy benefitting from the richness of the information in the rest of it less intensely. history would be different if more kinds of a unique book like this were disseminated more...
Buzalas
This book is excellent if one likes personal memoirs. Manstein explains war from the German perspective and cites numerous military strategy, troop movement, logistics, tactical plans, victories and, defeats, while providing the reader a personal account of war. This book touches minimally on the politics of war and, there is no mention of the holocaust...the focus is on war waged by Germany.
Lost Victories is well written and transcribed from the German language.
Manstein provides an unvarnished picture of war and, engagement with the Russians on the eastern front. Why and how Stalingrad was lost is clarified, albeit through Manstein's view of world war II.
Hitler is also described (not in depth) from Manstein's personal view, which, will intrigue the reader. Manstein who was arguably Germany's best general shares a glimpse of his personal bias, prejudice, allegiance to Germany, and, duty as a German Officer.
As one who reads historical well researched military text, books, biography, and memoirs I highly recommend this book.

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