A selection of the military book clubto many close students of wo. Zenith press 2004, isbn 9780760320549 the book in german. Wall street journal, october 7, 2006generals dont make the best memoirists, mainly because they embellish while writing for posterity. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
It is very much a selfserving piece of pro manstein propaganda. The war memoirs of hitlers most brilliant general illustrated edition name author. Ebook lost victories as pdf download portable document format. The title in england was the other side of the hill. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The war memoirs of hitlers most brilliant general illustrated edition nov 6, 2015. Its english translation was published in 1958 for distribution in the uk and the us. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
As a junior staff general he was the genius behind the. It also helps one appreciate the axiom two things can be true simultaneously. Liddell hart interviewed the german generals still alive. 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 western front and eastern front during the first world. His fathers family had kashubian ancestry and was entitled to use the brochwicz coat of arms brochwicz iii. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the.
Manstein was taken prisoner by the british in august 1945. 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 germanys top wwii general, is now made available again. Lost victories goodreads meet your next favorite book. He devised the plan that conquered france in 1940, then led an infantr. An informative and objective biography of a genius commander and a study of his loyalty to the nazi cause library journal. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events. He became one of the most prominent commanders of germanys world war ii armed. The book was first published in west germany in 1955, then in spain in 1956. 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. This book provides a detailed account of his campaigns in poland, france and russia, as a corps, army and army group commander.