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 ...

In this video, we delve into the intriguing question of whether the outcome of the Battle of Kursk could have been different if Field Marshal Erich von Manstein had been given full autonomy to plan ...

“The Italians,” says Field Marshal Erich von Manstein in his memoirs of Stalingrad, simply “disappeared from the battlefield.” In the most decisive battle of World War II, the Russians, breaking ...

Nikolai Vatutin’s salient was a long, narrow thrust into prewar Poland. To the Germans it looked like a dagger that could strike at Rumania, at Poland, at the last remaining rail line feeding the ...