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

As Soviet forces pushed deeper into Ukraine, Von Manstein laid a cunning trap. In this gripping chapter, watch how his masterstroke unfolded at Kharkov — luring the Red Army into overconfidence and ...

In the frigid chaos of Ukraine, more than 59,000 German troops were surrounded in the Korsun‑Cherkassy Pocket. With Hitler ...

In early 1943, German forces were in retreat, reeling from the aftermath of Stalingrad. But at Kharkov, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein defied orders, regrouped, and struck back. By luring Soviet ...

After the crushing defeat at Stalingrad, Nazi Germany teetered on the edge of collapse. But amid the chaos, one general stood defiant. This episode follows Field Marshal Erich von Manstein as he steps ...

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein proposed two bold strategies to regain the initiative on the Eastern Front: a preemptive strike immediately after the spring thaw and a defensive trap that would lure ...

White-haired, ill and nearly blind, Field Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein, who had fought for Germany in two world wars, sat calmly day after day in a Hamburg concert hall which had been turned into ...

The Soviets were shattered, Kharkov was retaken, and for a moment — the tide had turned. This final part explores the aftermath of Manstein’s counteroffensive, its critical role in delaying Germany’s ...

In his analysis of the Ukraine war, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. refers to the brilliant German general from World War II, Erich von Manstein, and muses whether there might be “a Manstein in the Russian ...