In the aftermath of Germany’s catastrophic defeat at Stalingrad, the Soviet Red Army surged westward with unstoppable momentum, threatening to collapse the entire German front in Eastern Europe.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...