In the aftermath of the Stalingrad disaster, the Red Army surged forward—threatening to collapse the entire southern front.

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 wake of Stalingrad’s collapse, Germany’s Eastern Front was unraveling. But one commander—Erich von Manstein—refused to surrender to chaos. This episode follows his rise from the ruins, battling ...

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 ...