Manstein His Campaigns And His Trial

 

This book questions the condemnation and trial of Von Manstein and concentrates on his brilliant career and achievements on the Russian Front. The author, Manstein's Counsel for the Defence, provides a well-written and deceptively detailed account of Manstein's outstanding achievements on the Eastern Front and a clear account of his uneasy relationship with Hitler. Foreword/Lord Hankey. Part I 1. His early career. 2. The years before the war. 3. Poland and France. 4. The Moscow offensive. 5. The Eleventh army. 6. Army group Don. 7. The great retreat. Part II 8. Background to the trial. 9. The case for the prosecution. 10. The defence replies. 11. The Polish charges. 12. The Russian charges. 13. The conclusion. Appendix 1. Extract from the Verbatim Report of the trial 23 August 1949. 2. Order issued to all troops under von Manstein's command in Russia. 3. The verdict and petition. Index. This book is a descriptive account of the brilliant campaigns conducted by von Manstein in the operational fields of Poland France and later Russia against the massive historical background of the Second World War. This very interesting account of one of the greatest Generals of the Second World War's campaigns in Russia is indispensable for an understanding of the tremendous responsibilities and preoccupations of a Commander in Chief in the conduct of huge armies spread over vast territories demanding his presence here there and everywhere. The book goes on to describe the belated trial of this aged German General which raised protests in both the houses of British Parliament and raising of a fund for his defence towards which Winston Churchill was one of the first to subscribe. Contrary to the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention the court had no officer of the rank of von Manstein. It admitted evidence that would not be tolerated in any British or American Court including hearsay evidence at third or fourth hand.

 

RG Paget

Hardcover with d/w 242pp Natraj Publishers India 1970

 

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Book Code:  SH1903