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Lost Victories: War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General by: Erich Von Manstein City Travel Guides Price: £11.44 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 940.531343092 EAN: 9780760320549 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0760320543 Label: TBS The Book Service Ltd Manufacturer: TBS The Book Service Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 524 Publication Date: October 29, 2004 Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd Studio: TBS The Book Service Ltd Sales Rank: 99794 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Great bookIn my opinion this is one of the best books ever written about second world war. I have to say that i've read this book over twenty times, and i've got over three hundred books of second world war. If you are an enthusiast you must read this one. The most brilliant tactician. Rating:  - DullWhen I bought this book, I was expecting great things. Previously I had read "Achtung Panzer" and "Panzer Leader" by Guderian, and was expecting much the same. However, Manstein was obviously a professional soldier and not a professional writer. This book was very dull, and I ended up not really caring as each chapter became my own personal battle just to finish it. Not recomended. Try one of Guderian's books, or von Mellenthin's "Panzer Battles" instead. Rating: - The Memoirs of One of Germany's finest GeneralsManstein was undoubtedly one of Germany's best generals in the Second World War. Certainly one would have to compare him with Rommel, the "Star of Africa"( the only one to hold this honour apart from Hans-Joachim Marseille, the highest scoring ace on the Western Front) and others like Ewald von Kleist and Ritter von Leeb. A brilliant tactician and strategist, his book covers a lot of important aspects of the both fronts. However he tends to neglect some aspects of his actions, like the dismissal of Count von Sponek and the debacle at Kursk. Despite all that it is a must for all military students and those who wish to get an insight into the life of one of Germany's greatest field marshals. Rating: - A Review of Manstein's WorkWith an emphasis on analysis seldom presented in a book this accessible, Manstein has presented his readers with a rich history of his activities in the Second World War. The majority of the book is devoted to his greatest operational achievement, the successful withdrawal of several German army groups on the Southern end of the Russian front after the defeat at Stalingrad. There are moments in the recounting of this operation when the reader can fully appreciate the difficulties confronting Manstein and his staff; the tension, always understated by the author, becomes palpable, if only because of what he does not say. Lost Victories is a glimpse into one of the most brilliant military minds of this century and a book not to be missed. Rating: - Personal war memoir of Hitler's most outstanding generalErich Von Manstein played a part in planning some of Nazi Germany's most stunning military triumphs, from the technically brilliant "Sichselschnitt" plan that destroyed the French Army in May of 1940, to the bloody Crimean Campaign of 1942. Manstein's book is that of a professional military officer. He devotes a great deal of time to explaining the mechanics of planning an executing military strategy. His character portraits of his military colleagues lack the punch that a more independent military writer would give them; even his analysis of Adolf Hitler as a military commander is somewhat colorless. The one personal touch in the book is Manstein's account of the death of his son, fighting as a junior officer in a unit under his command. |
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