After the catastrophic defeat at Stalingrad in early 1943, Soviet armies surged westward and threatened to collapse the ...

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 ...

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.

With the Third Battle of Kharkov back in German hands, Field Marshal Manstein delivered one final, stunning blow to the Red Army, managing to buy precious time for a crumbling Eastern Front that was ...

In 1943, after the crushing defeat at Stalingrad, the German army was on the retreat. But at Kharkov, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein defied orders and turned the tide. By luring Soviet forces into a ...

With the Soviet forces surging deep into Ukraine following Stalingrad, the German Eastern Front seemed doomed to headlong retreat, but Field Marshal Manstein turned disaster into a deadly trap. This ...

In the months after the disaster at Stalingrad, Soviet armies surged westward across Ukraine expecting the German front to collapse completely. Instead, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein launched a ...