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Title: Lost Victories : The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General by Erich von Manstein ISBN: 0-89141-525-4 Publisher: Presidio Press Pub. Date: 07 January, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lost Victories
Comment: Von Mansteins account of the war is a must for the serious student of the WWII Euro. Theater. His operational analysis of the action on the Eastern Front gives the reader details which are hard to find elsewhere. The battles for the Crimean Peninsula('41-'42), Wintergale, and his counter stroke at Kharkov simply don't have much written about them, so his firsthand accounts are worth their weight in gold. This isn't a "boring" detail fact sheet however. Von Manstein blends the details with his professional opinion on the military operation as well as many other leading military figures. Of particular interest is what he has to say about his dealings with Hitler. Once you start this book it is very difficult to set it down.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for any military and warfare student.
Comment: I, like many amateurs of military studies used to think that Rommel was Germany's greatest commander, and that men like Patton were the best generals, and models of military genus and leadership.
That all changed when I took a much deeper look at the Second World War, and the strategy of the German leadership, which put its field commanders in positions of near impossible success. No other commander was as highly respected by either his comrades or for that matter his former enemies for his abilities and leadership than Field Marshal von Manstein. Heinz Guderian, and Gerd von Rundstedt were both close for other reasons, Guderian his tactical understanding of armor and blitzkrieg, and Rundstedt for his stedfast and effective method of decentralized and effective command of large theaters that sets the standard for the "non-micromanagement" model that commanders today are expected to follow.
Mansteins book, captures his accounts without the extra fat and political attack on others that one would expect from a commander of his level, where careerism and ego are hallmarks (read Patton, and Mongromery). His accounts of the command of 11th Army and later Army Group Don are required reading for any aspiring senior commander of large formations. This is a man who effectively used every resources he had, and understood his enemy better than the enemy himself.
Well, written, and translated, with a great forward by BH Liddell Hart, I have read this book, along with Guderian's Panzer Leader several times each and learned more and more every time.
I would consider this book required reading for every Army officer of the combat arms branches.
Rating: 1
Summary: Manstein and Rommel
Comment: Manstein never joined the plot to replace Hitler even after the conspirators requested him. Unlike Manstein, Rommel took the risk of rebelling when he realized that the war was lost. If the rebellion had succeeded millions fewer would have died.
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Title: Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian, Kenneth Macksey, B. H. Liddell Hart, Constatine Fitzgibbon, General Heinz Guderian ISBN: 0306811014 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 24 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Rommel Papers (Da Capo Paperback) by Erwin Rommel, B. H. Liddell-Hart, Basil Henry Liddell Hart, Liddell Basil Henry Hart ISBN: 0306801574 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Panzer Battles : A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War by F. W. von Mellenthin ISBN: 0345321588 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 July, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Panzer Commander : The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck by Hans Von Luck ISBN: 0440208025 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: German Generals Talk by Basil H. Hart ISBN: 0688060129 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 September, 1971 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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