6 Curiosities About Erich von Manstein that you DIDN'T Know | Beyond the Battlefield 

Wow, my great-grandparents come from near Breslau.

He was a criminal

​@@felixmbandandayitabi4536 He wasn't.

Manstein was a crminal - he even knew the crimes but did nothing.

@@ralfrath699 What could he do? Manstein: "Hitler don't do it" Hitler: "ok"

@@ralfrath699 Knowing a crime and being in the position to do something against are two different things. You make it easier than it was.

Would be quite the joke to fire a General by giving him command of a corpse.

That bloody irritated me as well, especially the second time. Someone needs to tell him/it the word is "core". I think it's actually a person.... Although the V1 base is also mangled - peenemunde.

negative. this is AI generated narrative. the channel is notorious for this. can be done both easy and very fast. easy to get clicks. this is the future, unfortunately. @@TheNemocharlie

@@TheNemocharlie was always AI

lol stop fanboying rommel as if the NA campaign was a complete lost cause, Rommel was the most overated FM in the entire war its embarrassing how people are lazy in researching, the only reason rommel got as far as he did was due to his second in command fixing his logistic issues and Kesselring and ontop of that the cautious British approach to warfare until Montgomery arrived

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I still enjoyed it. You are doing the best you can. Thank you ​@@waracademy128

@@waracademy128 Do it yourself.

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@@waracademy128 It's allready a good video man, I knew most of the thing but still watch it. Could it be better like the op says ? Yes, but there is always room to improve. You already spend a good chunk of time to make those videos. Try to improve if you have the extra time to do so but you are already doing a good job man. Cheers

When you think about it... Hitler despite being " all powerful " still relied on the support of the German people. This impotence is probably what caused his insanity. This foundation of supreme will and power was just an illusion. Like any old person, denying the truth but deep inside, they know it.

Manstein's family was Prussian aristocracy. There is certainly NO evidence of jewish ancestors.

Nobody "sold their souls." These were German soldiers who were committed to gaining back the territory that was illegally and inhumanely stolen from Germany after WW I. The German people were for gaining back all their territory and supported the military forces with enthusiasm. After the Versailles Treaty, millions of Germans were illegally evicted from homes and farms that their families had owned for over 300 years. They had a right to get their land back. The Germans are very industrious and hard working. Lower status countries are always jealous of them.

@@TheTexasmick you need to understand history before you reply to any posts. Explain how France or the Soviet Union was part of legal pre war German territory? Germany's war of aggression, aided and abetted by the Manstein's of this world, is all laid out in a book called Mein Kampf. Have a read.

​@@TheTexasmick Hitler's takeover of ALL of Bohemia in March 1939 contradicts the excuse of reclaiming "stolen" lands. And Poland had had its land stolen by Prussia 200 yrs prior.

Lots of blame to go around and the fruits of getting even was total destruction..didn't work out for them, still fighting today over the same BS

End result would always be the same for Germany, even if they completely stopped the Soviets.

@@stevem2323 "... even if they completely stopped the Soviets" in 1944 or earlier?

@@kerim.s8801 Of course, because they had no chance stopping both armies, Soviets and Allies.

Nobody could have defeated the Soviets at that time in history.

@@TheTexasmick Germans could, 1 on 1, and not being dispersed all over the Europe and world.

Brah that ain’t a real person talking

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Possibly Afrika 'Corpse' turned out to be a very apt title.

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Of course it was about revenge. Is it surprising after what these generals did not only in the USSR, but in Europe as well? Hitler told them it was a war of annihilation, not only in the East but later when launching the Ardennes Offensive. The SS were murdering civilians even in 1940 in France!

I suggest reading or there is also an audio book available - William Shirer The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich- there are references listed in book on what were charges and associated documentary evidence. US collected and stored vast documentation during ground war. other than this direct documentation there are diaries of various players like Hans Frank, Hadler, Ciano's Diaries 1937-1943, there is plenty of evidence for some players like Keitel and Jodl to incriminate them. Conduct of many German senior officers posted in east was terrible and criminal. some of the officers were most upstanding German Major general Von Tresckow for example. his quote *German people will be burdened with a guilt the world will not forget in a hundred years. This guilt will fall not only on Hitler, Himmler, Göring, and their comrades but on you and me, your wife and mine, your children and mine, that woman crossing the street, and those children over there playing ball* - this is solid moral fiber and he had courage to execute on his convictions. People like Manstein though brilliant were just careerists. von Rundstedt too.

Not likely much different with Field Marshal Hitler sticking his jackboot into everything.

He overestimated himself quite a bit when he claimed he could save sixth army from the encirclement in Stalingrad and when he failed he blamed von Paulus. Mannstein was literally the writer of his own story and Western historians took all his claims for truth. More recent studies of the Eastern front paint a more realistic picture of the field marshall.

​@@lucas82 Well he almost did, if idiotic Hitler allowed Paulus to break out he probably would. And he blamed Hitler, not Paulus.

There was no hope, Hitler didn't listened.

If they'd attacked in April as Manstein suggested, it might have worked. The delay was intended to allow the improved tanks and tank destroyers arrive, but this also allowed the Soviets to build up their Kursk defensive fortifications. I think it was Manstein who favored producing the Panzer IV only, rather than expending resources on the Tigers and Panthers; he may have been right about that too, as the new "wonder tanks" were great when they worked, but were few in numbers and broke down frequently. On the other hand, the Soviets lost massive numbers of tanks at Kursk, and this might not have happened if the Germans hadn't had the new tanks (and tank destroyers).

@@andrewfurst5711 Tigers did great actually but losing the surprise factor was the key, Soviets had all the time to dig in. Also, they had a lot of info about German offensive through Enigma.

He still ended up on the losing side !.. ml

good catch, although they kind of resemble each other, except for the 'stache.

We pronounce as corpse

Why not accept the correction offered by oatis053? He is right. This video also mispronounces Manstein's name and the word "wermacht" in at least one place. I was pleased that I did hear it correctly spoken in another place.@@mattr272

The Kenyan Usurper thinks it's corpse.

Not Rommel, why?

It's a bot channel

C'mon, it's a dead issue with A.I. voice.

It became the Afrika Corpse after Monty dealt with them

From Latin, for body

That should have been Question #7 in the video.

Bso Empire earth

@@waracademy128 thanks a lot! Love your videos!

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Wow he was so good that he could have defeated the Royal Navy as well? How, by blowing at them?

Are you familiar with what Manstein did in Russsia? His plan that drove the British out of France? Montgomery would have been no match for Manstein. It is possible that Manstein could have prevailed upon Hitler to take Gibraltar? Maybe but the Royal Navy could not take and hold land. Given Mansteins record- I must give him the benefit of the doubt.

@@lenny5312 Manstein was a German ARMY commander. Manstein would have had ZERO impact in preventing the Royal Navy from controlling most of the Mediterranean. The key to North Africa was controlling the seas around it.

@@lyndoncmp5751 how did the Africa corps get to Africa in the first place? The Mediterranean was not wholly England’s till after after Rommel was defeated It should be noted that with a sane German leadership England would have never stood a chance. I’m not saying the royal navy was not a force to be reckoned with-it was. It was not invincible either. But let’s be clear: Hitler was the allies greatest asset! No top tier German general would have let the 8th Army escape Dunkirk or let Gibraltar stay in British hands. Even the Battle of Britain should have been pushed to its conclusion. An OKW with Manstein as its head would have not lost the war. That is a scary thought

@@lenny5312 I didn't say the Royal Navy controlled all of the Mediterranean, just that it controlled most of it including the most important parts, the two ends, at Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. You seem to be ignoring that Britain was one of the world powers. It was a larger industrial producer than Germany overall and had the resources of the Empire/Commonwealth to call on. The Germans failed to stop the Dunkirk evacuation because they never had air and sea supremacy. The halt order was only for 3 days. The German Army needed a break. When the German Army advanced again to Dunkirk they still failed to attain the town for a week, AFTER most of the troops had been evacuated. If there was no halt order the German Army would still have needed to overcome nearly half a million allied troops defending a perimeter around Dunkirk with air support and supplies from the sea. Good luck with that. In the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force, radar and geography stopped the Luftwaffe, not Hitler. The RAF was stronger than the Germans thought it was and it actually grew stronger the more than battle went on. The RAF was much stronger in September 1940 than it was in July. The opposite was the case for the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe lost more planes and 3 times as many airmen as the RAF did. The Luftwaffe could not sustain its losses. The RAF not only could but actually DID. The Luftwaffe failed in all it's objectives in the Battle of Britain. It first failed to destroy the RAF in the sky, then it failed to destroy the radar stations then it failed to destroy the RAF airfields. Nothing the Luftwaffe did in the Battle of Britain actually worked. With or without Hitler.

which army

So am I...Herr von manstein was a great soldier

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Yes, his son Gero died in Leningrad, but he had more

In German, it spells "Deutsches Afrikakorps", so it is being pronounced allright

Dead body in africa

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@@paulbelisle7213 obviously

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I doubt. Rommel was a front officer and an excellent tactician while Manstein was ingenious on the operative and strategic level. However, in the limited North African theatre there was no room for grand strategy. Neither could Manstein have conjured the supplies whose lack eventually caused the German and Italian defeat.

Rommel did quite well for a bit. Using his one trick - using the desert to outflank british lines. But the Germans ultimately didn't have the numbers to sustain an offensive and had critical supply problems. It is not easy to see how Manstein could have overcome the supply problem. He might have been more conservative and remained on the defensive in order to preserve the Afika Korps. Or feigned retreats in order to ambush or counter attack. It is likely though that exactly as Halder intended that there was no way that Manstein as good as he was could achieve success in Africa.

Would he have rolled up the Royal Navy as well?

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Nazi fan boy little Wayne.

The Irish in the occupied North aren't even classed as British but subjects of the UK unfortunately.

Sadly true. United Ireland though is within sight.@@JohnKobaRuddy

@@mercomania If they unite, will Belfast still be the capital?

I doubt that. But if a Federal system is adopted it could be the capital of Ulster .@@richardshort3914

​@@JohnKobaRuddy The Irish live in the British isles so they are as British as the English, Scots and Welsh.

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Except that he got confused with Pelosi and Nicki. 😂 Nearly as bad as Joe Whatsmynameagain.

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