Erich von Manstein

Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was later placed in prison for 18 years because he committed war crimes.

Erich von Manstein
Manstein in 1938
Birth name	Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski
Born	(1887-11-24)24 November 1887 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	9 June 1973(1973-06-09) (aged 85) Irschenhausen, Bavaria, West Germany
Buried at	Dorfmark, Bad Fallingbostel
Allegiance	German Empire (1906–1918) Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1944) West Germany (1949–1956, as a NATO adviser)
Service/branch	Imperial German Army Reichswehr Wehrmacht
Years of service	1906–44 1949–56
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held	18th Infantry Division XXXVIII Army Corps LVI Panzer Corps 11th Army Army Group Don Army Group South
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol Siege of Leningrad Battle of Stalingrad Operation Gallop Third Battle of Kharkov Battle of Kursk Dnieper Campaign Battle of the Kerch Peninsula Battle of the Sea of Azov
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Relations	Eduard von Lewinski (biological father) Albrecht Gustav von Manstein (adoptive grandfather) Oskar von Sperling (maternal grandfather) Paul von Hindenburg (uncle)
Other work	Served as military advisor to the West German government
Signature

Sources

• Knopp, Guido (2003). Hitlers krigare (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska Media. ISBN 91-89442-76-8.

Further reading

Official records

• The British records of the Manstein trial are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.
• Manstein's testimony at Nuremberg is contained in three files at the Yale University Avalon Project: 9 August 1946, 10 August 1946, and 12 August 1946.

Other websites

• "The Role of the German Military in the Holocaust". The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
• "How Wrong Was Churchill?" by Noel Annan, The New York Review of Books
• "Erich von Manstein 1887–1973" (in German). LeMO at Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
• Newspaper clippings about Erich von Manstein in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Military offices
Preceded by Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert	Commander of 11. Armee 21 September 1941 – 21 November 1942	Succeeded by Army Group Don
Preceded by 11. Armee	Commander of Army Group Don 21 November 1942 – 12 February 1943	Succeeded by Army Group South
Preceded by Generalfeldmarschall Maximilian von Weichs	Commander of Army Group South 12 February 1943 – 30 March 1944	Succeeded by Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model
Awards and achievements
Preceded by George Marshall	Cover of Time magazine 10 January 1944	Succeeded by Oveta Culp Hobby