Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukraine's military has chosen a defensive strategy that echoes the German approach from WWII. Lacking enough troops to defend its ...
After the disaster at Stalingrad, Soviet armies swept forward, threatening to crush the entire southern front. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein refused to accept defeat. Ignoring Hitler’s stand fast ...
Following the catastrophic loss at Stalingrad, the German Eastern Front was on the brink of total collapse, facing a relentless and overwhelming Soviet advance. Yet, one commander—Field Marshal Erich ...
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 ...
Forget Rommel: Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, largely unknown to Americans because he served mainly on the Eastern Front, was the exemplar of Germany%E2%80%99s ...
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 ...
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 ...