In February 1943, as the German front disintegrated after Stalingrad, Adolf Hitler stubbornly refused retreat while Soviet forces surged toward his headquarters. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein ...
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 ...
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 ...
Die Tagebücher und Briefe Erich von Mansteins bieten nicht nur sehr persönliche und tiefe Einblicke in die Mentalität des Generals, sondern auch neue Erkenntnisse zur Kriegführung der Wehrmacht. Erich ...