Ukraine's military has chosen a defensive strategy that echoes the German approach from WWII. Lacking enough troops to defend its huge territory, Nazi Germany opted for a mobile defense. Even an ...
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 ...
The prosecution today opened its case against Nazi General Fritz Erich von Manstein who is being tried by a British military court here on 17 different charges of war crimes, including the mass murder ...
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 ...