memoir "Verlorene Siege"

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The memoir "Verlorene Siege" is Erich von Manstein’s controversial account of his World War II campaigns, noted for its detailed operational analysis and its role in shaping the postwar myth of a “clean” Wehrmacht.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
aimsTo justify Manstein’s strategic decisions ⓘ
author Erich von Manstein ⓘ
contributedTo myth of a clean Wehrmacht ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
criticizes Adolf Hitler’s military leadership ⓘ
OKW strategic decisions ⓘ
describesEvent Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Battles in southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Siege of Sevastopol ⓘ
downplays Nazi ideology ⓘ
Wehrmacht involvement in war crimes ⓘ
emphasizes military professionalism ⓘ
operational and strategic factors ⓘ
focusesOn Erich von Manstein’s military campaigns ⓘ
operational-level analysis of campaigns ⓘ
genre military memoir ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Lost Victories ⓘ
hasForm first-person narrative ⓘ
hasReception criticized by later historians for apologetic tone ⓘ
influential among postwar military historians ⓘ
historicalContext written after Manstein’s war crimes trial and imprisonment ⓘ
influenced Cold War-era perceptions of German generalship ⓘ
mainSubject Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-German Front

German Army operations ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
narrativeStyle analytical and operationally focused ⓘ
notableFor controversial portrayal of Wehrmacht conduct ⓘ
detailed operational analysis ⓘ
influence on the postwar myth of a clean Wehrmacht ⓘ
omits detailed discussion of the Holocaust ⓘ
systematic treatment of occupation policies ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
perspective first-person account by a German field marshal ⓘ
portrays Wehrmacht as largely apolitical professional force ⓘ
publicationYear 1955 ⓘ
publisher Bernard & Graefe ⓘ
targetAudience military professionals and general readers interested in World War II ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1939–1944 ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor studies of German operational art ⓘ

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Erich von Manstein → notableWork → memoir "Verlorene Siege" ⓘ