Manstein - Field Marshal of the Wehrmacht Documentary
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Hey mister history guy? Who is Karl Marx? What race is he? What race was Lenin and Trotsky? Do you know that communism is the backbone of the Jewish faith? Do you know that even a poor jew must pay a monthly stipend to put towards the community? How many jews were bankers in Germany in 1920 to 1933? If you want to go over real history, were I will bring the data, we can talk. You are just spreading more white hate. Go do some real research and find out what really happened. Go talk to some older well informed rabbis and find out the truth. How old are you man?
Anyone who tells you something and then tries to sell you something right after is called a snake oil salesman. This is not the first time you gloss over some pretty big facts. Yeah the germans just hated those jews for know reason.
This is crap. If you do history you don't introduce your own subjective pre suppositions.
A documentary about Erich Von Manstein with no mention of Kharkov is a great omission
A very good film, although baffling it does not cover "Mansteins Miracle" in the Third Battle of Kharkov, arguably his greatest tactical victory.
That edited out the Kharkiv battle to make room for the irrelevant holocaust propaganda
Its actually a suprsingly shallow and useless documentary.
lol it was sepp dietrich who won the battle.
@@joseraulmiguens6699No, Dietrich and other commanders like Paul Hausser and Hermman Hoth were following orders from Manstein, the plan and the execution were Manstein's idea, all of the South Army Group was under Manstein's command, those generals were his subordinates
In the nicest way possible, I love falling asleep to your Nazi people profiles. Narrator has great voice.
Yes
Yeah me at the Kursk section nodding off.
Most definitely don't stop with the Nazi documentaries and the Narrator is perfect. May I suggest Hans Kammler as your next deep dive into.
@@wadeperlot671 At least until the current (real) ones try to change and censure their history like they work hard trying to redefine that same word, history is about to be repeated on a bigger scale.
“Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factor. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man’s strength of character” Erich von Manstein
Strength of character of mass murderer and criminal.
“There are all kins of low class slime who are trying and will continue to try to wreck this country from the inside. Most of them don't know it, but they are actually working for the Russians. Some of them do know it, though. It doesn't matter whether they call themselves communists, socialists, or just plain liberals. That is what they are doing.” “Russia knows what it wants: world domination, and she is laying her plans accordingly. We on the other hand, and England, and France to a lesser extent, don't know what we want and get less than nothing as the result.” “I understand the situation. Their [the Soviet] supply system is inadequate to maintain them in a serious action such as I could put to them. They have chickens in the coop and cattle on the hoof--that's their supply system. They could probably maintain themselves in the type of fighting I could give them for five days. After that it would make no difference how many million men they have, and if you wanted Moscow I could give it to you. They lived on the land coming down. There is insufficient left for them to maintain themselves going back. Let's not give them time to build up their supplies. If we do, then . . . we have had a victory over the Germans and disarmed them, but we have failed in the liberation of Europe; we have lost the war!” -US General George S. Patton
a pity he used his gifts for evil.
The Germans were unstoppable because they were all high on methamphetamine.
They talk about war、、、、 1. Hitler wins one day after the bombing of London, and this does not allow the fabrication of the war economy, and it is stopped. 2. Attacking Moscow would end the war, and he divided the corps in half and sent it to the Bagu oil fields. 3. Hitler is also a Jew, a Vienna Rothschild. 4. Now you can see that Hitler was forcing the generals to carry out the opposition of the operation. 5. In order to buy sympathy for Jews after the war, he deliberately made himself the Holocaust. 6. Serious incidents need to be verified. Germans are aho, so if you suspect the Holocaust, you will be arrested、、、、 Germans are stupid. 7 Hitler is the founding father of Israel, not dead. My daughter should put a beard on Merkel、、、、 It's very similar、、、、 ahaha.
Superb documentary. Well, done!!! You kept me wanting more. A great wealth of information. Thank you...I loved it..
It's a fairly simple summary of Manstein's life but it pretty much misses the main focus of Manstein's military genius. He was a brilliant tactician and was sacked by Hitler for making a strategic withdrawal contrary to Hitler's direct order and saving his army. Also, when he was attempting to relieve Paulus' 6th Army at Stalingrad Hitler ordered Paulus not to attempt a breakout. Manstein's army was nearly caught in an encirclement and he chose to withdraw from the area and save his troops. These are two classic examples of Manstein's defiance of Hitler and proved to be correct in retrospect.
Most of all he was an assassin! A man so cheap that he preyed like a vulture on the victims of the Shoah!
They talk about war、、、、 1. Hitler wins one day after the bombing of London, and this does not allow the fabrication of the war economy, and it is stopped. 2. Attacking Moscow would end the war, and he divided the corps in half and sent it to the Bagu oil fields. 3. Hitler is also a Jew, a Vienna Rothschild. 4. Now you can see that Hitler was forcing the generals to carry out the opposition of the operation. 5. In order to buy sympathy for Jews after the war, he deliberately made himself the Holocaust. 6. Serious incidents need to be verified. Germans are aho, so if you suspect the Holocaust, you will be arrested、、、、 Germans are stupid. 7 Hitler is the founding father of Israel, not dead. My daughter should put a beard on Merkel、、、、 It's very similar、、、、 ahaha.
@@felixndayisdebologne9725 yeah no one cares
.... but, they "never" going to will the day.
Hitler thought he was the best even after the sack but he said he could only operate large army's and germany was short of that at the time
God, imagine Manstein as one of Napoleon's Marshals.
The modern Davout or Lannes
You think Von Manstein would have served with Napoleon -- UNDER Napoleon? Maybe... But didn't Napoleon have Stalin syndrome before Stalin was even born,, meaning,, didn't Napoleon have anyone who he thought was even approaching his own intellect or abilities in the sphere of his influence basically rubbed out? I would think Von Manstein would be intelligent enough to figure that out and get away from his sphere of influence... I don't think he ever liked dealing with Hitler personally,, I know I sure wouldn't...
@@micnorton9487not at all, Davout was nearly his equal in tactical talent for example and was the best commander at the time except for Napoleon himself. Murat, lannes etc were all incredibly competent themselves to put it lightly
Я представляю его вторым Наполеоном .
I wonder if the emperor would have followed Manstein's advice???
A brilliant tactician and strategist, a rare combination. His extrication of forces from the Caucasus has to be admired.
He did not retreat troops from Caucasus! What he did was starting the German counter attack after the Stalingrad debacle!
@@thomashillemann9902 well he didn't return there, so I guess it is a retreat
They talk about war、、、、 1. Hitler wins one day after the bombing of London, and this does not allow the fabrication of the war economy, and it is stopped. 2. Attacking Moscow would end the war, and he divided the corps in half and sent it to the Bagu oil fields. 3. Hitler is also a Jew, a Vienna Rothschild. 4. Now you can see that Hitler was forcing the generals to carry out the opposition of the operation. 5. In order to buy sympathy for Jews after the war, he deliberately made himself the Holocaust. 6. Serious incidents need to be verified. Germans are aho, so if you suspect the Holocaust, you will be arrested、、、、 Germans are stupid. 7 Hitler is the founding father of Israel, not dead. My daughter should put a beard on Merkel、、、、 It's very similar、、、、 ahaha.
The greatest operational mind the German army had produced upto the end of WWII. Despite the attrocities committed behind the lines in his area of command and for which he is partially accountable, his way of planning and implementing of the military operations are exceptional and they are still widely studied in military academies.
"partially" responsible?
Von Manstein was a cowardly, dishonest war criminal who published self-serving and highly inaccurate memoirs after the war in order to white wash both his crimes and his incompetence. He took part in the plans to starve and murder innocent peasants from 1935 onward. A real piece of sh*t.
This guy still believes in those “attrocities” lmao
@@2WorldWar2 you’re highly ignorant.
Certainly not ! Manstein was brilliant at manoeuvers and coordination ( it was studies in german military high schools) but abysmal in strategy ! Hitler was 100 % right to fire him after he lost an entire army in 1944 in Ukraine.
Amazing as always. I appreciate this outstanding work!
Glad you enjoy it!
Imagine how he must have felt taking orders from an emotionally-charged corporal, especially when thousands of lives were on the line.
They talk about war、、、、 1. Hitler wins one day after the bombing of London, and this does not allow the fabrication of the war economy, and it is stopped. 2. Attacking Moscow would end the war, and he divided the corps in half and sent it to the Bagu oil fields. 3. Hitler is also a Jew, a Vienna Rothschild. 4. Now you can see that Hitler was forcing the generals to carry out the opposition of the operation. 5. In order to buy sympathy for Jews after the war, he deliberately made himself the Holocaust. 6. Serious incidents need to be verified. Germans are aho, so if you suspect the Holocaust, you will be arrested、、、、 Germans are stupid. 7 Hitler is the founding father of Israel, not dead. My daughter should put a beard on Merkel、、、、 It's very similar、、、、 ahaha.
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"Obergefreiter" is not a corporal. It's more just a private. In Germany the "Unteroffizier" is a corporal.
Halder and Von Runfstedt referred to him as the "Bavarian Corporal."
Don't forget his son was already killed on the Eastern Front.
THE greatest WW2 commander. 3rd Battle of Kharkov against incredible odds was a masterpiece, as were his actions in response to the Stalingrad debacle. Massively outnumbered, the whole of the southern sector could easily have collapsed but, with minimal forces and massively outnumbered, he somehow stabilised the situation.
YOU ARE RIGHT. VON MANSREIN ALONG WITH THE FOX OF THE DESERT WAS THE GREATEST FIELD MARSHAL OF THE GERMAN ARMY. IF HITLER WOULD HAVE GIVEN VON MANSTEIN FULL LIBERTY OF DECISION ON THE EASTERN FRONT,THE GERMAN ARMY COUD OF WON THE EASTERN FRONT. THIS IS MY OPINION.
Of course, Manstein was the principal cause of the Stalingrad disaster.
@@rlkinnard on what planet/fantasy world did that happen in?
@@WorshipinIdols Manstein convinced Hitler to keep 6th army in Stalingrad when the general staff all wanted them moved out. Manstein promised to relieve 6th army, and then failed to do so. I guess that you can give the ultimate responsibility to Hitler for trusting Manstein over the general staff.
@rlkinnard that's complete bullshit
Riveting work. Keep up the excellent history facts .
v. Manstein is possibly the best Fieldmarshal of all time.
Erwin Rommel was just as good.
@@willyvonbusche729 NNNaaaaaaaa.....
@@willyvonbusche729Rommel was not on V.Mansteins level
@@ItsTheSilverSurfer I respect your opinion, but I don't agree with you. 🙂
@@ItsTheSilverSurferRommel was a fighting general who could inspire and rally his men by leading from the front. Manstein was a tactical mastermind. The chess player.
Your historical documentaries are thorough and in depth. Chapeau❤
Very odd that a comprehensive account of von Manstein’s career omits one of his most famous achievements; The Manstein counterstroke in the spring of 1943 which effectively re-established the south eastern front after the disaster at Stalingrad.
Agreed! Too much of the video was aimed at trashing him.
"WE WERE OUTNUMBERED; WE WERE OUTGUNNED, BUT WE WERE NEVER OUTMANNED." ERICH VON MANSTEIN
Shame it had to be hitler righting the stupidity of Versailles.
When and where did he ever say that?
@@thinkingagain5966 "LOST VICTORIES" HIS MEMOIRS; TRY READING IT, YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING A**HOLE.
The narrator completely bypassed the invasion of Poland was a joint attack by Germany and the Soviet Union .
The story bypassed something else. The German General Staff considered Von Manstein and his Sickelschnitt plan for Fall Gelb a nuisance, so they tried to get him out of the way by promoting him to the command of an infantry division in the East. But one of the perks with the taking up of such a position was a personal interview with Hitler. And that was when von Manstein sold Hitler his idea. But he wasn’t there to participate in its implementation. He was in Poland.
Love the detail on the terms of the TOV. Thanks for the insight!
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His autobiography "Lost Victories" was published in English and is worth reading. He was probably the best single general of WWII on any side. I would imagine the Ukrainian generals now in 2022 are studying his conquest of the Crimea and Sevastopol, as they face the same task.
Lol... "they face the same task" One that they won't complete in the course of 500 years. Face it Ukraine as we know it is gone.
@@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance yes, I'm sure the new batch of poorly trained reservists with the same poor quality equipment as the first wave will prevail. Keep huffing that copium while your economy collapses around you.
A book where he pretty much solely blames Hitler and fellow generals
@@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance yeak kiev will fall in february say the russian but the never say the year, could be 2030 or after, meaby with 1 millon russian deaths
True he is my granduncle
One of my great grand fathers went to Prussian military school in late 1850s to very early 1860. He thought the Prussian military were all nuts. He changed his name from a German one to a Polish one and decided in 1862 to come to America. On the boat there were recruiters for Lincoln's army. They saw his military bearing and asked him to join. He said yes and upon disembarking entrusted his wife and family to a Polish aid society. He went to West Point for hurried lessons in American (English) military commands. And off he went to be an officer in the U S Army.
So you're like over 100 years old now?
@@adamstevens5070 Not quite. My birth father was born in 1892. My birth mother was born in 1909. She was one of the youngest of 12, 13 children (one died as a toddler). I have immigration, birth, and death records to 1862 on my both sides of the family thanks to my eldest sister's dilligent research.
@@adamstevens5070 Lots of Europeans married late and had lots of children even later. No man in my family has had children before he was 30 for generations. My own American born mother was 33 before her first child was born and much older when her last one was. My brother was in his 50's before his first child. Most people in my family historically live until their late eighties at a minimum and often much older. That tends to give us a different perspective on time. While none of my great grandparents were as old as this lady's, all of my grandparents were born when Victoria was still Queen of England. My paternal grandmother clearly remembered taking care of an elderly female relative, somewhat famous in Cork for her heroic nursing during the Great Famine and typhus epidemics, up till her death at well over 110 years old. She was born before Napoleon was Emperor of France and possibly when George Washington was still President. Someday I'll have to check her gravestone and get the exact date of her birth on a trip to Ireland. My own German maternal great grandfather and his brothers were sent by their parents from a middle class family in Stuttgart, Wurtemmburg, Germany in the late 1880's or early 1890's to America as teenagers to avoid forced enlistment in the new Prussian dominated Gernan Army (instead of our traditional Swabian regiments) because they were Roman Catholics during the Kuturkampf. That was a period of harsh repression of Catholics by Bismarck, urged on by his Jewish allies who funded him. Ironically the same laws were later used against Jews starting in the 1930's. Many Germans fled Germany for the USA from the time of this woman's great grandfather until WWI to escape repression, either religious or political. After the Irish the Germans were the second largest foreign born group in the American Army from the Civil War until after WWI at the least.
@@brianmccarthy5557 have you always been such an intricate pathological liar? 🤔
No one is telling lies. My father was an important figure in USA. His death made the NJTimes. And camp followers (not my family) maintain a website on him so I can establish his date of birth. When my mother was born she was already an aunt. I just wanted people to know the militarized Prussians were a liitle too into war back in 1860s. And it probably intensified by 1939.
The bureaucrat always claims that they're just following the directives of their superiors. Our bureaucrats today that enforce two sets of laws, one for themselves and another for everyone else, are 100% the same kinds of people.
Yep, the people who refuse to stand up to the tyranny of the American Marxists and their attempts to subvert the will of the majority of the people is becoming more and more reminiscent of these Germans who claimed to only be doing their jobs. He may have been a great leader of military formations, but no doubt I would spit on his grave given the chance!
@@waynek805 I think John Lennon summed it up for all of us with his song imagine. Follow the lyrics and he will describe a seeming paradise. Although there is one place on Earth described by John where all of his dreams come true and that is the place where so many bureaucrats wind up putting their people. Bureaucrats are really bureaucrat socialist tyrants and that where everyone is equal in all respects and without want, that place is called a cemetery. Bureaucrats in the 20th century put more people in the cemetery than all the wars and human history combined. That number is over 100 million. Thanks for the comment.
The military and business follow the same model. Executives tell middle managers how many to fire and lay off. Workers think management can say no. That's naive. In business saying no to an exec gets you fired. In the military disobeying an order gets you shot. Took stones to disobey Hitler. He got a medal and was dismissed.. could have gone differently and quite badly.
100% more than many realize.
Fantastic commentary and content!
Excellent work here Sir and your staff.
This is a wonderful video and is very well produced. With that said, the beginning of the video leads people to believe that Germany was the agitator of WWI, which wasn't the case. The start of WWI began with Austria Hungary and Germany entered as an ally. For whatever reason, the world still likes to blame Germany for the onset of WWI. There seems to be a worldwide bias that tends to "forget" or overlook Austria Hungary's WWI involvement.
It was the actions of the assassin and serbia that led to WWI
@@stephengayton5246 Yes, the assassination was the match that lit the fuse. This post was just emphasizing that Germany seems to get the blame for WWl, while they only entered the war as an ally of Austria-Hungary. Most people seem to believe that Germany was the nation that was most responsible for the war, which is not quite true.
Impressive, superior, deep history. Unusual. Much new material and fine points of value.
Great video, and an amazing military commander.
I think his record of planning strategy and, implementation of the strategy into the active actions taken in France, the lightening quick movement of troops through France ending with what would been a complete route of French, British, and other combined forces on the beaches of Dunkirmk if the German High Command had not held them.back.
I'd appreciate a profile of Hanna Reitsch. Thank you for the biographies. Good work!
I concur
she probably gay, bro !
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Very interesting presentation. It is easy to criticize after the fact. And almost everyone, to include Manstein, rationalizes and justifies their actions to present themselves at their best. That said (I am a retired infantry officer) the flow of battle requires hard decisions made in real time with imperfect knowledge - at every level. This is especially true in a mech/armor battle that is constantly changing. Simple things during normal conditions become extremely difficult during the pressure of combat. Logistics and command and control are exceptionally difficult, yet critical. Manstein demonstrated exceptional grand tactical ability in all of his set battles. His greatest leadership still was in fighting the retreat after Stalingrad. Maintaining combat cohesion during a retreat, especially when vastly outnumbered, is the most difficult of all combat operations. Manstein’s fighting withdrawal was exceptional. Very few generals in history could have done as good or better. That said, I cannot conceive that Manstein was oblivious of the einstaztgruppen and the concomitant slaughter of countless innocent people. In the end, no success can compensate for willingly or knowingly allowing such repugnant atrocities. We all will ultimately stand and have to account for our actions before the final tribunal.
In order to obtain better knowledge I recommend "Die verdammte Pflicht" by Alexander von Stahlberg his adjutant.
Did Field Marshal von Manstien, not write to Hitler and tell him that his soldiers were demoralized by the activities of the Einstatsgroupen, and to relieve his soldiers of any participation in those terrible activities among those ordinary soldiers who were recruited into it behind their own offensive lines? He may have known of these slaughters while fighting the war against the Soviet army but, as such had enough on his plate than to worry about the politics of that which was happening behind his lines, of which he had no control over, but, it did have some militarily usefulness, in that it served as eliminating any or most of the guerilla activities in his rear. And after all, Operation Barbarossa, conceived by a maniac, was the greatest fight in history.
@@thomashillemann9902 thank you for the recommendation
Ted Cantrell I was in the Armored Cav back in 80s. And I always heard from more experienced and knowledgeable Men that rearguard actions were the most dangerous.
@@johnsage3466 Your welcome! Quite interesting book, because Stahlberg stood close to v. Manstein, thus also learning about his private life.
Good work!
6:26 No, Austria-Hungary and Germany did not declare war on Britain, France and Russia. First, Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary. Then, Germany declared war on Russia. Lastly, France and Britian declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
I find it very impressive that he was asked to make a stategy to counter a russian attack by nato if that had ever became a reality after the war was over during the cold war
That's because he knew the Soviet Red Army better than any of the other NATO generals.
I really wish you guys would consider doing a profile on Heinz Guderian, I find very little in the way of vids on fast Heinz, the father of blitzkrieg.
Not sure that you can describe him or any other general as the father of blitzkrieg Putting all the resources up front and constant movement was the military style of the Prussian military for centuries. If the enemy managed to survive and resist this initial onslaught the enemy were in a position to turn the tables as so much if the Prussian resources were front ended. France didn’t survive that initial onslaught but the Soviet Union did
@@davidriddiford7385you are right, the soviets absorbed the German strongest blows and bogged the war down into a war of attrition, of which the Germans were unprepared for.
The reenacting footage is from WWII Days in Rockford, IL. I've participated in that event twice as US Army.
Incredible video
The real reason for Erich von Manstein being released after a fraction of his prison sentence, after WWII, was because NATO, created in 1949, was keen to use the WWII expertise of high rank capable German commanders in order to have good strategies against Soviet Union. Strange omission in this otherwise well-documented documentary. Von Manstein had a full-time job while being employed for a time by the headquarters of NATO. Also, here it should have been mentioned that Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov wrote that Erich von Manstein was the only German high rank commander that he respected.
The way many of them cheated their sentences, including many who were given well-deserved death sentences, is an embarrassment that has never been given the whole exposure it deserves. But then, the full story of the Ukrainian, Lithunian, et. al "auxiliaries" who were as bad as any SS formation in committing war crimes, will never be told either. First because they were all behind the Iron Curtain after the war for decades, because those societies would still be loath to let the truth be told, and because so many of the participants are long dead.
@@kevinh5349 - ... And because now here in the West we see everything in black and white, with no shades of gray, so, the Ukrainians and the Lithuanians must be the good guys, whatever war crimes they did, or are still doing.
Ein brillanter Stratege.
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Very good doc. Thank you
The first casualty of war is the truth. A brilliant commander who grasped the strategy of war he turned a blind eye to the crimes committed. How many more. Germans got off because there expertise was need after the war. Verner von brown is an example.
If you like, why not write a history book on the commanders around the world who have stood up against war crimes during an actual war? It would be a pretty thin book.
The whole European/Australian/usa/israel/s africa/middle east takeover by invaders seems like a much larger example of what you are talking about.
Hitler almost single handedly was responsible for Germany defeat, his hatred and poor judgment decisions, not to invade England, subsequent invasion of Russia and the concentration camps etc, all led to Germany defeat, thankfully….imaging how different the world would be today “if” Hitler had listened to his Generals, but “IF” is the biggest word I know…
If he invaded England hitler will still lose, Soviet under Zhukov already plan for invasion of Germany, they going to lauch at the same year of 1941. This confidential doc already released when Soviet fall. That why in 1941, the Soviet army are in attacking and not defending position.
No. The German General Staff were at least partly responsible for going along with a mad Hitler plan to fight everybody else in Western Europe, then Russia (and the USA). But the Germans haven't won a war since 1870.
Very informative cheers been meaning to look into Prussia my grandad was from kustrin
The name is VON Manstein. As you may not know, the "von" is part of the name and cannot be removed at your discretion. In Austria it is forbidden to use it though; the only exception was Herbert von Karajan (which is a fantasy name anyway).
Good and fair report about von Manstein - a twisted character of WW2.
I know nothing about 20th century European history. I'm sure that once all the restless Germanic kingdoms unify into one strong German nation, they'll calm down and everything will be fine. What could possibly go wrong?
IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO START EARLY WITH SOMETHING.
Great documentary
Politics aside. It would be so incredibly tough being a German General.
I didn't think he was a nazi. I always believed he was just a professional military officer who opposed Hitler. This suggests otherwise.
I don't think he opposed Hitler in any way, otherwise Hitler would've had him sidelined or worse, executed. I think he just went along with Hitler to survive, even though he may have had second thoughts about all of Hitler's decisions. I think he saw what happened to Rommel and decided to keep his mouth shut, lest he be next. I also do not think many of the top brass of the Wehrmacht were Nazis, they saw what Hitler meant for the army and decided to back him wholeheartedly.
@@bushranger51 Many of them saw A.H. as a good way of restoring order and a sure way of Germany regaining its place in the world. Going along to survive...not so sure.
@@gordonsmith4884 they saw hitler as the means to restore Germany to its former glory, they where not really nazis, especially mannstein and Rommel, they saw hitler as a savior to Germany
My grandfather Jan . w.fought in Northern Africa.He never or always never talked about his Service until in his 80s.He never idolised Rommel But when people said he was a traitor,he became rebellious. Because, according to him, Rommel did care about casualties
One of Germany’s best commanders.
Best general(Marshall) in the history of WW2, in fact the most talented commanders were on the German side.
Mmmm...that's highly questionable. Good ol' Halder had a lot to do with myth building.
@@gordonsmith4884 Halder was against Manstein and opposed his plan for the invasion of France, but it was approved by Hitler, and thanks to Manstein's plan France was defeated. Who planned Von Runstedt's attack in Poland? Who conquered Sevastopol? Who defeated the Red Army's best commanders over and over again, no matter if in defensive or offensinve mode? Prokhorovka, Kharkov, Dniepper, etc.
True. But the emphasis on the generals and field marshalls is very much a result of a) Halders post war nonsense, and b) the obvious shortcomings of many of the allied generals. In fact, the german army favoured initiative by lower ranks and NCOs - relying on excellent education and training. When the germans no longer couldd replace lost officers it didn't matter if the general was von This or von That.
@@D.Appeltofft true, you should remember that the German army was built for blitzkrieg, not for defensive war against swathes of Russians
I would go with von Rundstedt for the Germans and Rokossovki for the Allies. In a certain way, Ike was a very good political general.
Erich von Manstein, Erwin Rommel, Walter Model, Gerd von Rundstedt, Wilhelm Keitel, Heinz Guderian were all great field marshals. Salute to them from a humble Oberstleutnant
1940 November was when Hitler started planning the invasion of the Soviet Union, up to that point and that discussion they were allied and it could have gone towards incorporating the Soviets into the Axis. That discussion with Molotov where the Soviets had very high demands chnaged his mind. Probably that one discussion changed history.
Career soldier, played by the rules of war when he could and argued when he couldn't. Everyone always answers to a higher power, whether it was Von Manstein or another General orders were given and orders are to be followed or one could find them selves facing the firing squad for treason. I've always found it impossible to imagine in real time having served myself that the average soldier on the front lines had enough time to know or be involved in organised mass killings, concentration camp operations, invasion plans, you get told nothing, you normally find out the hard way when your in the thick of it. These soldiers were in most cases thousand of kilometres away from these going on's and were to busy keeping their heads down in a ditch dodging machine gun fire artillery fire, tank engagements etc. Battles don't just stop so an army group/unit can take time out to go and do something other than fight the enemy. SS, Werewolves and other detached units were acting behind the senses, the Wehrmacht were general soldiers doing a soldiers job, fighting at the front suffering and dying!
He "played by the rules of war?"[2T2 has now deleted this bit of the post, Manstein may be a good General but he was also a good Nazi] Did I watch the same video you did? "The myth of the clean Wehrmacht ... his [racial] views were inline with the Nazis." The Nazis were ethnically cleansing from the Baltic to the Crimea to repopulate with Germans. Lebensraum or "Living Space." They destroyed 10,000 towns & villages, killing the occupants, expecting winter to get any they missed. How could the Wehrmacht not see 10,000 burnt towns/villages? [Watch "Come & See" on KZhead or "Hitler's Death Army" on Oradour-sur-Glane French town raised by the SS now a memorial, where the SS brought their Eastern tactics to the West, available on Nat Geo/Disney].
Totally agree
Well said! It's refreshing to read sensible material from someone else who "gets it."
You guys need to do some research on this. Read some books, even just Google it. The Wehrmacht were very involved in the genocide, they were encouraged to join in on their time off (free booze). Those that didn't go knew, you can't hide 20+ million dead civilians, 10k raised settlements. Its why 1,000's ended up living in the forests. Its a post war cover up that it was only the SS & Einsatzgruppen.
I believe this commander was very capable , and also affected by the Command Structure and his Prussian heritage , as a Prussian Officer , you Honor and Obey orders.
Could you plz do one on Von Rundstedt?
Just as culpable, thank you to be honest I've never heard of him It's always my pleasure to listen to you
You never heard of this man?! No, he’s not as culpable as Hitler
Great military strategist and genius
One of my favorite military field marshal of all time
He was just another murder who escaped justice in this world, not the next
Highly recommend his book, Lost Victories.
Thank u thank u so much Von Manstien is by far my favorite general not only that his life is historically interesting. He has so many battle victories and is a great military tactican and strategist. Thank u so much again @Peoples Profile. Great work and much appreciated!🙂
Racist in every way.
In case you'll ever do Rundstedt video, i want to suggest putting "largest encirclement in history" in the tittle.
Best of the Best Manstein
Wasn't the attack and rape of Poland for one not a crime in itself? Why is it only considered a crime when you behave badly towards the conquered? The Nazis tore up the Geneva convention when they embarked on this aggression. Thet only started to care about it when they started loosing.
losing and NOT loosing
Can we get one on King Leopold II of Belgium?
A good documentary.
Erwin Rommel of the Eastern Front
Great documentary! It is really not possible to comment on his guilt or innocence of war crimes without all of the trial evidence at hand. It's hard to believe, though, that he "knew nothing!" as Sgt Schultz in Hogan's Heroes always maintained. He served but could have surrendered.
Many German soldiers said that they would be risking their lives if they disobeyed morally repugnant orders. Were there recorded cases of German soldiers who were executed because they did not want to participate in what we now term "war crimes"? Reluctance to blindly obey orders might stall a military career, but did it actually result in execution or extreme punishment?
@@Orphen42O Not generally, though you might expect orders to the worst of the Eastern front. Then there was the bugaboo of those ridiculous oaths they took to Hitler himself. As we all know, no one can be bound by an oath that requires war crimes, etc. be overlooked. Staufenberg etal were regarded as the worst of traitors and even today you can get arguments that they "violated their oath". BS, but there you have it.
The giuda declared war on Germany for occupying Poland but not Russia that had occupied Poland too.
It is actually a sad thing to learn these war criminals got away with no punishment... Sad really sad fate for millions of victims who were killed by direct or indirect orders from manstein and other war criminals and monsters...
Great Post
Yes I agree, sad that the war criminals of bomber command escaped punishment and the criminals responsible for the second bomb dropped on Japan escaped punishment.
Manstien committed war crimes but it would have taken extraordinary moral fiber for Manstien to have acted more righteously, a standard of behavior that few of those who condemn him would have been able to rise to.
What war crimes?
@@Troy_Tempest Fighting the war
@@kingstarscream3807 so every single person who fought is a war criminal?
@@Troy_Tempest Troy you need to read the Mungo Melvin biography. It deals with the war crimes conviction of von M in what seems to me a pretty even handed way.
Refusing an SS request was probably not a life extending action.
Thanks.
Should have been given complete control of the Eastern Front
Holy crap! If "Manstein" couldn't get it done, who the hell could?
Thankfully Hitler probably caused many of his military commanders to have ulcers. Von Paulous would have joined the July 20,1944 plot, if he wasn't a guest of the Russians.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi
His parents were like here you can have one of ours, we have 10 of them now. Lol
Thank you
His real name was not Manstein, it is Lewinski, which sounds suspiciously like an untermensch name, i.e., a Slav. Wonder if he is an ancestor of the person known best for felatio in high places.
Took me a second to make the connection 🤣 good one.
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I don’t believe that he was known for his “ORAL”skillz
7:30 - - Standing near Marshall Ion Antonescu and viewing a parade of the Romanian Army 15:19 - - Facing Marshall Ion Antonescu 46:27 - - Again, Erich von Manstein and Ion Antonescu, with some Romanian officers around and some troops of the Romanian Mountain Corps in the background. 54:41 - - Facing Marshall Ion Antonescu 57:30 - - von Manstein, Antonescu and some Romanian troops
Great report, thank you. War seen by the man's perspective is Very different. A great general in a monumental battle scenario! I think, same being Mainstein,, would I able to face Hitler and say no tô him!
As already been proven, he was aware and facilitated the horrible crimes of the Einsatzgruppen. It is only human to try to clean yourself. He was, like in this video stated, a genius commander serving a horror regime.
The "war crimes" he was convicted of would have convicted literally EVERY Soviet general on the eastern front and a large number of US generals. A perfect example of victor's justice. If you've read even a small amount of how the Soviets treated German POWs on the eastern front- even in June 1941- he was at worst guilty of "tit for tat". The same could be said of "Panzer" Meyer. Canadian troops were shooting captured german soldiers on June 7th 1944 and SS soliders before Panzer Meyer retaliated in kind. I'm no neo-nazi- and there is no excuse for alot that happened under the nazi banner- but post war war crimes trials of operational soldiers and generals were plainly one-sided.
While most German Generals seemed to turn a blind eye to atrocities against civilians, Hitler had to use the SS to commit the vast majority of these crimes. I don't think the Army would have participated hence the need for SS einsatzgruppen.
@@jandoernte3312 Victory often shields the victorious side from taking any responsibility in such matters.
@@scottw5315 There is proof that within the first days of the Polish invasion the Wehrmacht was involved in atrocities. The Germans were also meticulous in their documentation , the evidence is clear. It was clear that many of the army didn't want any part of it, and yet, it still happened.
@@jandoernte3312 Leave it bro . Rationality isn't for you .
As far as a clean wehrmacht, no, gotta dusagree with that one. But Manstein ad a military commander, the guy was a genius.
Your keyboard broke?
"He was found guilty of allowing the deportation of civilians for slave labour, for using Soviet prisoners of war to construct fortifications, for the execution of commissars, for the poor treatment and deaths of prisoners of war, and for the execution of civilians. He was sentenced to eighteen years in prison."
Manstein alongside Walter Krueger and William Slim was the best General of WW2 from either sides.
He was one of the greatest professional commander like Rommel, Patton & Montgomery who made histories in the world War II.
He was much MUCH better then them. Especially the over rated Montgomery and the under accomplished Patron.
Finally, a great fieldmarshall in evidence!!!!.
Since when did May come in early summer and November come in early winter? Did the solstices occur at other times 80yrs ago?
Manstein convinced Hitler that he could rescue 6th Army in Stalingrad so Hitler left 6th Army to the mercies of Zhukov and Rokossovski. Winston Churchill called that event the "hinge of history."
Is want Manstein that convince, it was the Luftwaffe department (Goering absent at that time), Hitler asked them whether they could supply the 6th Army throught air, and they respond yes.
@@KPPO200 And Manstein said that if necessary, he could extricated them. And he got a few miles and then gave up.
The United States was willing to go easy on the German military leadership after the war mainly because they had fought the cold war enemy, the Soviets. They were, therefore, useful and prosecuting them to the fullest extent they deserved was no longer in the best interest of the western world. In my opinion, the fact that these men (Manstein, Guderian, Kesselring) were also brilliant military commanders makes what happened a little easier to stomach. They should have all been imprisoned for life for their war crimes, but in some ways, their brilliance earned them a measure of tolerance which they didn't deserve. Yet, I can't bring myself to get worked up in much of a lather over the fact that all three died from old age as free men. Skorzeny and Rudel fall into a similar grouping. In the end, Germany never fell completely under Soviet rule, partly due to these men, and that is a good thing.
Very well said. Completely agree.
As well as Curtis-Le May and many others American generals and politicians such as Truman!
I bet you don't belong to any of the people these jokers considered "unfit to live". His brilliance was directed towards evil. A great general yes but a despicable man.
@@rexadebayo3380 Rex, you do not understand the realities of a totalitarian state: there are no alternative opinions possible. Same things happened in Russia during Stalin's time (and they killed numerically bigger number of their own compatriots).
@@ET-vj1zc Slowly getting there, the rats are not even hiding it anymore.
Why did not you mentioned that Poland was attacked from the Est by the Red Army two weeks after ?
At about 43:02. The images shown during the discussion of the Kursk campaign are ok, except for the snow on the ground and equipment. The campaign took place in July. Less than excellent video editing.
Anyone know the documentary appearing in 27:19?
Where was the battle of Kharkov. A huge blind spot in the documentary.
Van Manstein and Heinz Guderian were the greatest generals of World War Two.
i can only agree to that statement, but allow me to mention Erwin Rommel too
Not many people are familiar with General William Slim, leader of the world's largest army .. the Forgotten 14th. Slim's stunning accomplishments rank right up there with other better known commanders.
Heinrici. Superb defensive specialist.
@@SaintlyAussie best defense General was Walter Model.
As a matter of fact it was Eisenhower and Marshall who were the greatest generals of WWII followed by Admiral Nimitz!