Following the catastrophic loss at Stalingrad, the German Eastern Front was on the brink of total collapse, facing a ...

In the summer of 1943, Manstein proposed two bold alternatives on the Eastern Front: a swift pre-emptive strike immediately after the spring thaw, and a defensive trap designed to lure Soviet armies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...