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.

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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.

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 "How Wrong Was Churchill?" by Noel Annan, The New York Review of Books



Category:1887 births
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Category:German Protestants
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