In early 1943, German forces were in retreat, reeling from the aftermath of Stalingrad. But at Kharkov, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein defied orders, regrouped, and struck back. By luring Soviet ...
Key Point: Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was possibly the greatest strategist and field commander in the German Wehrmacht. In January 1943, the once-invincible German Wehrmacht was reeling, being ...
Key Point: Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was possibly the greatest strategist and field commander in the German Wehrmacht. In January 1943, the once-invincible German Wehrmacht was reeling, being ...
“The ablest of all German generals,” British Military Historian Liddell Hart called him. “Our finest operational brain,” said Panzer General Heinz Guderian, an exacting judge. Erich von Manstein ...
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The comeback Germany never expected: Manstein’s stunning counterstrike after Stalingrad
After the disaster at Stalingrad, Soviet armies swept forward, threatening to crush the entire southern front. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein refused to accept defeat. Ignoring Hitler’s stand fast ...
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