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The 23 pages that link to Erich von Manstein, each with the reason it gives.

• Eastern FrontRelated: His campaigns illustrate the operational strengths and strategic limits of German command.

• Battle of StalingradRelated: He led the unsuccessful attempt to relieve the encircled German forces.

• Battle of FranceRelated: His proposed Ardennes thrust became central to the plan that divided Allied forces.

• Battle of KurskRelated: He directed German operations in the southern sector and pressed to continue the offensive.

• BlitzkriegRelated: The plan associated with him concentrated German forces through the Ardennes.

• Commissar OrderRelated: His handling of the order became a central issue in postwar assessments of command responsibility.

• Heinz GuderianRelated: Manstein’s role in planning the 1940 campaign offers a counterpoint to accounts centered on Guderian.

• Battle of the DnieperRelated: He directed German forces during their retreat and defense in Ukraine.

• Operation UranusRelated: He led the German effort to relieve the encircled forces.

• Albert KesselringCompared with: Manstein’s Eastern Front commands contrast with Kesselring’s Mediterranean and Italian theater.

• Myth of the clean WehrmachtRelated: His postwar defense of the army helped popularize the claim that generals had kept warfare honorable.

• Friedrich PaulusRelated: Manstein led the relief effort intended to reach Paulus’s encircled army.

• Walter ModelRelated: Manstein and Model were prominent, contrasting German commanders on the Eastern Front.

• Wilhelm KeitelCompared with: Unlike Keitel, Manstein commanded armies in the field and was tried separately by a British military court.

• Wehrmacht war crimesRelated: His command record became central to debates over army responsibility and postwar justice.

• Battle of the CaucasusRelated: His command decisions shaped German operations around the Caucasus and the Kuban bridgehead.

• Third Battle of KharkovRelated: He coordinated the counteroffensive that retook Kharkov.

• Crimean offensiveRelated: He argued for withdrawing the exposed Seventeenth Army before the offensive began.

• Fedor von BockRelated: Manstein succeeded Bock as commander of Army Group South in 1942.

• Wilhelm Ritter von LeebCompared with: Manstein’s later command and operational reputation provide a contrast with Leeb’s career.

• Battle of Korsun–CherkassyRelated: He organized the German relief effort and pressed for a breakout.

• Walter von ReichenauRelated: Manstein succeeded Reichenau as commander of Army Group South in January 1942.

• Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operationRelated: He directed German efforts to contain the Soviet advance in the south.