Erich von Manstein: Defender of Europe from Soviet Communist Enslavement

Erich von Manstein: Defender of Europe from Soviet Communist Enslavement

by John Wear

Published: 2021-09-27

Many people regard Erich von Manstein as National-Socialist Germany’s best general. Soviet Marshal Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky said: “We considered the hated von Manstein our most dangerous opponent. His technical mastery of every, and I mean every, situation was unequalled.” British historian Liddell Hart regarded Manstein as the “ablest of all the German generals,” based on his “superb strategic sense.”[1] German General Adolf Heusinger said that Manstein “could accomplish in a single night what other military leaders would take weeks to do.”[2]

This article documents Manstein’s heroic efforts to save Europe from Soviet Communism during World War II, and his efforts to defend the German military after the war.

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