White-haired, ill and nearly blind, Field Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein, who had fought for Germany in two world wars, sat calmly day after day in a Hamburg concert hall which had been turned into ...

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 ...

To the German burgher, this was the blackest New Year since Versailles. No oratory, no promise of retribution could conceal the vast and calamitous defeat in the East. To the German soldier, this was ...

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein proposed two bold strategies to regain the initiative on the Eastern Front: a preemptive strike immediately after the spring thaw and a defensive trap that would lure ...

On February 19, 1943, the Eastern Front was on the brink of collapse. In the Wolf's Lair at Zaporozhye, Hitler remained obstinate. His "no retreat" policy was absolute. Field Marshal Erich von ...

On November 19, 1942, the Red Army encircled the German 6th Army during Operation Uranus, trapping them in Stalingrad. Despite calls to retreat, Hitler ordered them to hold their ground. Field Marshal ...

German Genral Erich von Manstein has a cunning plan. And as it happens, it's just how Hitler likes it. This week, the German war plans change quite drastically. In the meantime, the Soviet Red Army ...

In the aftermath of the Stalingrad disaster, the Red Army surged forward—threatening to collapse the entire southern front. But Field Marshal Erich von Manstein defied Hitler’s orders and launched a ...