Before the Battle of Kursk began, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein favored a different strategy from Adolf Hitler’s planned ...

As Germany prepared for its decisive offensive in 1943, one of its most respected commanders warned against the path being ...

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 early 1943, German forces on the Eastern Front appeared to be in retreat as Soviet armies surged westward after Stalingrad. But under the leadership of Erich von Manstein, elite formations ...