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Very good. 574, wraps, illus., maps, appendices, glossary, index, slight wear to cover edges, front flyleaf creased, ink # inside rear cover. Foreword by H. H. Liddell Hart. Introduction by Martin Blumenson.
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VERY GOOD+ BOOK IN VERY GOOD-DUST JACKET WITH $7.50 PRICE, LIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE WITH TAPE SUPPORT AT ENDS, SLIGHT RUBBING AT FLAP FOLDS. ONWER NAME. Edited and translated from the German by Anthony G. Powell.
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Good in Fair jacket. 574, [2] pages. Foreword by B. H. Liddle Hart. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Glossary of military terms. Index. Stamp inside front flyleaf. DJ somewhat soiled/small tears, DJ spine faded/wrinkled. The author was the most independent minded of the German Generals in World War II. He has much to say on the subject of Hitler as a military leader and on some of Hitler's disastrous decisions. Verlorene Siege (English: Lost Victories is the personal narrative of Erich von Manstein, a German field marshal during World War II. The book was first published in West Germany in 1955, and its English translation was published in 1958 for distribution in the UK and the US. Manstein presents his own experiences, ideas and decisions as they appeared to him during the 1930s and 1940s. He wrote as one who played an active part in the story he was relating. Discussing the 1939 invasion of Poland, Manstein alleged Poland's lack of military leadership. Manstein, who commanded the south German sector forces in 1943, complained that Operation Citadel (the offensive against Kursk) was delayed too long for the German force to break through. He also wrote that Hitler halted the attack prematurely, a decision he called "tantamount to throwing away a victory". According to Manstein, Hitler (whom he praises and criticizes, ) did not allow the detailed planning of large-scale military operations. Manstein wrote that in 1943, a draw could have been achieved on the Eastern Front by bleeding the Red Army dry if the generals had been allowed to operate properly. Erich von Manstein (24 November 1887-9 June 1973) was a German commander of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during the Second World War. He attained the rank of field marshal. Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service, Manstein joined the army at a young age and saw service on both the Western and Eastern Front during the First World War (1914-18). He rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war and was active in the inter-war period helping Germany rebuild her armed forces. In September 1939, during the invasion of Poland at the beginning of the Second World War, he was serving as Chief of Staff to Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South. Adolf Hitler chose Manstein's strategy for the invasion of France of May 1940, a plan later refined by Franz Halder and other members of the OKH. Anticipating a firm Allied reaction should the main thrust of the invasion take place through the Netherlands, Manstein devised an innovative operation-later known as the Sichelschnitt ("sickle cut")-that called for an attack through the woods of the Ardennes and a rapid drive to the English Channel, thus cutting off the French and Allied armies in Belgium and Flanders. Attaining the rank of general at the end of the campaign, he was active in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and the Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942), and was promoted to field marshal on 1 July 1942. He also participated in the Siege of Leningrad. Manstein's counteroffensive in the Third Battle of Kharkov (February-March 1943) regained substantial territory and resulted in the destruction of three Soviet armies and the retreat of three others. He was one of the primary commanders at the Battle of Kursk (July-August 1943), one of the largest tank battles in history. His ongoing disagreements with Hitler over the conduct of the war led to his dismissal in March 1944. He was taken prisoner by the British in August 1945, several months after Germany's defeat. Manstein gave testimony at the main Nuremberg trials of war criminals in August 1946, and prepared a paper that, along with his later memoirs, helped cultivate the myth of a "clean Wehrmacht"-the myth that the German armed forces were not culpable for the atrocities of the Holocaust. In 1949 he was tried in Hamburg for war crimes and was convicted on nine of seventeen counts, including the...
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Manstein's "Lost Victories" is a must read along with Guderian's "Panzer Leader" for those truly interested students of WWII. The reader is given a valuable insight of the German perspective of events and the frustrations of dealing with Hitler as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
While the numerous positives of "Lost Victories" place it on my must read list, the book did leave me with disappointments that I wish to mention. The largest "bump" in the flow of the book is Chapter 14, Operation Citadel. I had looked forward to Manstein's writing on Kursk however # 14 lacks the detail and insight of the others as the translator used material provided for the "Marine Corps Gazette" to shorten the US version. For me, this was most frustrating.
Manstein's details and openness appears to close as the war moves from the West to the East. I will provide three examples. Pg 225 mentions General Count Sponeck and his decision to withdraw to avoid encirclement yet Manstein fails to mention Sponeck's eventual execution as a result. Pg 470 speaks of "Scorched Earth" and that his Army Group and the German Army did not tolerate ?pillaging? to the extent of placing check-points to insure no misappropriated goods. The West campaign had many descriptions of a billet in fine castles yet there was no mention of his luxurious HQ train in the East that had belonged to the Queen of Yugoslavia (pg 273, Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor).
