Claim: The author of Lost Victories is Erich von Manstein (a German commander of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during the Second World War) and the book is translated by Anthony G.Powell.
Evidence: Verlorene Siege (English: Lost Victories; full title of English edition: Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General) is the personal narrative of Erich von Manstein, a German field marshal during World War II. Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German commander of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during the Second World War. Anthony G.Powell