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Fifty Lives, 1939–1945

Fifty careers.
The record behind them.

What the memoirs claimed. What the archives contain.

50 subjects: Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, and five outside the chain of command.

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  • 365-page fixed-layout PDF
  • 50 profiles, every one on the same data-page structure — rank, dates, commands, operations, decorations, fate
  • 43,439 words of researched text
  • 826 archive photographs in original form
  • Clickable contents, bookmarks, glossary and indexes

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Data page — Erich von Manstein, page 19

Page 19 of German Command: the Erich von Manstein data page, with portrait, rank, dates and panels for commands, operations, decorations and fate.

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The data pageEvery profile opens the same way: rank, dates, commands, operations, decorations, fate. Fifty careers you can read side by side.

Narrative spread — pages 20–21

Pages 20 and 21 of German Command: the Manstein narrative, covering his capture in 1945, his commissioning and backdated seniority, and the Sichelschnitt plan.

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The narrativeThe career in order, with the disagreements between sources printed rather than averaged.

Photograph spread — pages 25–26

Pages 25 and 26 of German Command: twelve captioned black-and-white archive photographs of Manstein, each with a source credit and licence.

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The photographsOriginal-form images, each with its caption, archive reference and licence.
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What files do I receive?

German Command (365-page PDF) plus German Command in Colour (524-page PDF) free with the order. Both DRM-free. No EPUB.

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Is the colour PDF the main book with coloured pages?

No. Separate image-led gallery. It does not repeat the 43,439 words.

Are the colour images authentic period colour?

No. Generative interpretations. Originals are in the main book. 80 photos from the main book are not in the colour volume.

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About the colour: German Command in Colour is a generative interpretation of photographs from the main book — not recovered or authentic wartime colour. The originals are in German Command, and it does not repeat the profiles.

  • 50 profiles, same data page
  • 43,439 words
  • 826 archive photographs
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