| rdfs:comment | - Erich von Manstein was a field marshal who served under Germany during World War II.
- Erich von Manstein (s. 24. marraskuuta 1887, k. 10. kesäkuuta 1973) oli Saksan armeijan sotamarsalkka toisen maailmansodan aikana.
- Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein, geboren als Erich von Lewinski (Berlijn, 24 november 1887 - München, 9 juni 1973), was een der belangrijkste Duitse strategen en veldmaarschalken uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
- Erich von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski on 24 November 1887, died 9 June 1973) served the German military as a lifelong professional soldier. He became one of the most prominent commanders of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht.
- Erich von Manstein (24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was one of the most prominent commanders of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during World War II. Attaining the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal), he was held in high esteem as one of Germany's best military strategists and field commanders.
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| abstract | - Erich von Manstein was a field marshal who served under Germany during World War II.
- Erich von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski on 24 November 1887, died 9 June 1973) served the German military as a lifelong professional soldier. He became one of the most prominent commanders of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. He was the initiator and one of the planners of the Ardennes-offensive alternative in the invasion of France in 1940. He received acclaim from the German leadership for the victorious battles of Perekop Isthmus, Kerch, Sevastopol and Kharkov. He commanded the failed relief effort at Stalingrad and the Cherkassy pocket evacuation. He was dismissed from service by Adolf Hitler in March 1944, due to his frequent clashes with Hitler over military strategy. In 1949, he was brought on trial in Hamburg for war crimes, which convicted him of "Neglecting to protect civilian lives" and for using scorched earth tactics denying vital food supplies to the local population. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison, which was later reduced to 12 years but only served 4 years before being released. Although claiming to not know about the Holocaust, von Manstein nevertheless showed a callous disregard for the plight of the Jews, equating partisans and Jews and advocating harsh measures against both. After release from a British prison in 1953, he became a military advisor for the government of West Germany.
- Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein, geboren als Erich von Lewinski (Berlijn, 24 november 1887 - München, 9 juni 1973), was een der belangrijkste Duitse strategen en veldmaarschalken uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Na de dood van zijn ouders nam hij de naam van zijn pleegouders aan. Hij wordt door militaire experts gezien als een van de bekwaamste bevelhebbers van zijn tijd. Het strategische concept van de zogenaamde Blitzkrieg-aanval op Frankrijk (Fall Gelb) is goeddeels door hem uitgedacht. Na de door de Duitsers verloren Slag om Stalingrad stabiliseerde hij het Oostfront. Met de strategische inzichten van Hitler kon Manstein zich vaak niet verenigen. De veldmaarschalk was geen voorstander van de vernietiging van de Joden, maar wel behept met de in zijn kringen gebruikelijke vooroordelen ten aanzien van "Joden en Bolsjewisten". Hij verzette zich niet of nauwelijks tegen de executies achter de frontlinies en hield zich afzijdig. Omdat onder zijn commando aan het Oostfront diverse oorlogsmisdaden hadden plaatsgevonden (vooral in de zg. partisanenbestrijding) werd hij eind 1949 veroordeeld tot 18, later 12 jaar gevangenisstraf. Hiertegen rees, ook van Britse zijde, veel protest. Op grond van zijn slechte gezondheid kwam hij al in mei 1953 vrij. Later verwierf hij een belangrijke adviesfunctie bij de West-Duitse regering voor de opbouw van een nieuw leger (de Bundeswehr).
- Erich von Manstein (s. 24. marraskuuta 1887, k. 10. kesäkuuta 1973) oli Saksan armeijan sotamarsalkka toisen maailmansodan aikana.
- Erich von Manstein (24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was one of the most prominent commanders of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during World War II. Attaining the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal), he was held in high esteem as one of Germany's best military strategists and field commanders. Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service, Manstein joined the army at a young age and saw service on several fronts during World War I. He had risen to the rank of captain by the end of the war and was active in the inter-war period helping Germany rebuild her armed forces. During the invasion of Poland at the outbreak of World War II, he was serving as Chief of Staff to Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South. He was one of the planners of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), an offensive through the Ardennes during the invasion of France in 1940. Attaining the rank of general at the end of the campaign, he was active in the invasion of the Soviet Union and the Siege of Sevastopol and was promoted to Field Marshal in August 1942. Germany's fortunes in the war began to take an unfavourable turn after the disastrous Battle of Stalingrad, where Manstein commanded a failed relief effort. He was one of the primary commanders at the Battle of Kursk, one of the last major battles of the war and one of the largest battles in history. His ongoing disagreements with Hitler over the conduct of the war led to his dismissal in March 1944. He never obtained another command and was taken prisoner by the British in August 1945, several months after Germany's defeat. Manstein gave testimony at the main Nuremberg Trials of war criminals in August 1946, and prepared a paper that, along with his later memoirs, helped contribute to the myth of a "clean Wehrmacht"—the myth that the German armed forces were not culpable for the atrocities of the Holocaust. In 1949 he was tried in Hamburg for war crimes and was convicted on nine of seventeen counts, including the poor treatment of prisoners of war and failing to protect civilian lives in his sphere of operations. His sentence of eighteen years in prison was later reduced to twelve, and he served only four years before being released in 1953. As a military advisor to the West German government in the mid-1950s, he helped re-establish the armed forces. His successful memoir, Verlorene Siege (1955), translated into English as Lost Victories, was highly critical of Hitler's leadership, and focused strictly on the military aspects of the war, ignoring the political and ethical context. Manstein died in Munich in 1973.
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