introduction

INTRODUCTION by Martin Blumenson
FOREWORD by Captain B.
H. Liddel Hart
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 1
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 2 (Korean translator)

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1.
Before the Storm
2.
THE STRATEGIC POSITION
3.
THE OPERATIONS OF SOUTHERN ARMY GROUP
4-1.
Before the French War (INTRODUCTORY NOTE)
4-2.
The Fall of the Army High Command (THE ECLIPSE OF OKH)
5.
THE OPERATION PLAN CONTROVERSY
6.
Commanding General, 38th Army Corps
7.
BETWEEN TWO CAMPAIGNS
8.
Armored Warfare (PAZNER DRIVE)
9.
THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN
10.
Leningrad-Vitebsk
11.
Hitler as Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht
12.
THE TRAGEDY OF STALINGRAD
13.
THE WINTER CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH RUSSIA
14.
Operation 'CITADEL'
15.
THE DEFENSIVE BATTLES OF 1943-1944

APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
References for Korean and English editions

On the World War II from a German perspective and the strategic opportunities ultimately missed.
The best book to get an overall view

After being dismissed by Hitler in March 1944, Manstein spent the final days of the war at home watching the needless delays in a war that was undoubtedly already decided.
He was subsequently tried in a British court for war crimes in Russia and sentenced to 18 years in prison, from which he was released four years later.

Although he worked for a brutal regime that was almost like the devil, he was a patriotic soldier who fought for his country.
He was an officer who had high personal standards and character according to the Soldier's Code and was respected by all his colleagues.
Through his memoirs, he intended to give us insight into his personal thoughts and how they were reflected in events, and he succeeded in that intention and served many other purposes.
His memoirs are among the best ever published from a German military perspective and are an indispensable source for understanding the causes and background of the war Hitler unleashed.