After the disaster at Stalingrad, Soviet armies swept forward, threatening to crush the entire southern front. Field Marshal ...

With Hitler's reluctant approval, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein unleashed a devastating tactical trap against the ...

The Wehrmacht's Master Strategist, The Man Who Planned Hitler's Greatest Victory... and Was Fired For It His Allied adversaries called[...] ...

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 ...

Benoît Lemay, trans. from the French by Pierce Heyward, Casemate (casematepublishing. com), $32.95 (528p) ISBN 978-1-935149-26-2 Lemay, well regarded in France as a military historian, offers a ...

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 ...

Lacking enough troops to defend its huge territory, Nazi Germany opted for a mobile defense. Even an full-scale active defense has limitations and won't help Ukraine seize back its land. In 1943, as ...

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 ...

On Jan. 4, 1944, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein flew from the Eastern Front to see Adolf Hitler, determined to change the Führer's mind. Manstein had tried before—he had pushed hard for a radical ...