Lost Victories
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Lost Victories is the English title of Erich von Manstein’s memoirs, in which the German field marshal recounts his military campaigns and strategic views during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lost Victories canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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war memoir ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Wehrmacht memoir literature
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myth of the clean Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| author | Erich von Manstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| describes |
Battle of Stalingrad
NERFINISHED
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Crimean campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Erich von Manstein’s military career ⓘ German military strategy in World War II ⓘ Manstein’s strategic views ⓘ Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ campaign in France in 1940 ⓘ campaigns on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| documentedIn | military history bibliographies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
German-Soviet war
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operational-level warfare ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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military memoir ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | German military perspective ⓘ |
| hasReception |
controversial for apologetic tone
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influential in postwar military studies ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
command decisions
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criticism of Hitler’s leadership ⓘ military strategy ⓘ missed strategic opportunities ⓘ operational art of war ⓘ |
| influenced | postwar perceptions of Wehrmacht leadership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Eastern Front of World War II
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German Army operations ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Verlorene Siege NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Erich von Manstein
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German High Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | post-World War II ⓘ |
| setting | European theaters of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
critiques of selective memory
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historiographical debate ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1939–1945
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Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Lost Victories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | military historians ⓘ |
| writtenBy | former German field marshal ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Verlorene Siege
subject surface form:
Erich von Manstein