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Hitler wanted Kharkov back. Manstein had a better plan
After the disaster at Stalingrad, the Red Army surged deep into Ukraine believing Germany was finished. But while Hitler ...
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How Germany pulled off its most brilliant comeback after Stalingrad
After the crushing defeat at Stalingrad, the Soviet Army pushed west believing Germany was finished. But Field Marshal Erich ...
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Why the triumph at Kharkov could not save Nazi Germany
The recapture of Kharkov in March 1943 marked Germany's last great operational victory on the Eastern Front. Field Marshal ...
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Korsun-Cherkassy - Hitler’s Ukrainian pocket that Manstein refused to let die
In early 1944, Soviet forces trapped tens of thousands of German troops in the Korsun-Cherkassy pocket in Ukraine as Hitler ...
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Just when Germany looked finished, Manstein struck back
After the disaster at Stalingrad, Soviet forces surged westward expecting the German front to collapse completely. Instead, ...
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Germany’s last great victory: How Manstein trapped five Soviet armies
Just weeks after the disaster at Stalingrad, Soviet commanders believed German forces were on the verge of collapse. Instead, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein launched a brilliant counteroffensive ...
In his analysis of the Ukraine war, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. refers to the brilliant German general from World War II, Erich von Manstein, and muses whether there might be “a Manstein in the Russian ...
In “Is There a Manstein in Kyiv?” (Letters, Sept. 22), John Arquilla describes German Gen. Erich von Manstein’s strategy after Stalingrad: first cede a little ground, then strike the attackers with ...
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What if Hitler had listened to Manstein before Kursk?
As Germany prepared for its decisive offensive in 1943, one of its most respected commanders warned against the path 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 ...
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The last armored gamble to save Stalingrad
In November 1942, the Red Army launched Operation Uranus, encircling the German 6th Army at Stalingrad and sealing its fate. While commanders on the ground urged a breakout, Adolf Hitler ordered the ...
“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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