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Manstein's Masterpiece: The Last Great German Victory of the Eastern Front

Discover how Manstein used his Elite Panzer divisions (including the veteran SS Corps) to lure the over-extended Red Army ...
Wall Street Journal

Is There a Manstein in Kyiv?

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

The Key to Ukraine’s Victory

In “Is There a Manstein in Kyiv?” (Letters, Sept. 22), John Arquilla describes German Gen. Erich von Manstein’s strategy after Stalingrad: first cede a little ground, then strike the attackers with ...