In early 1943, Germany’s defeat at Stalingrad left the Eastern Front in chaos. Soviet forces surged forward, threatening to unravel the entire German line. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was given ...

In February 1943, as the German front disintegrated after Stalingrad, Adolf Hitler stubbornly refused retreat while Soviet forces surged toward his headquarters. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein ...

In the aftermath of Germany’s catastrophic defeat at Stalingrad, the Soviet Red Army surged westward with unstoppable momentum, threatening to collapse the entire German front in Eastern Europe.

With the Soviet forces surging deep into Ukraine following Stalingrad, the German Eastern Front seemed doomed to headlong retreat, but Field Marshal Manstein turned disaster into a deadly trap. This ...