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00:00 Introduction
00:34 1- Top English Defenders
01:33 2- Was Manstein adopted?
02:36 3- Manstein in the Afrika Korps
04:29 4- Manstein's Salary
06:08 5- Manstein and the attack on July 20
08:456- Was Manstein Jewish? - Розваги
I've studied Erich von Manstein along with some other major military figures for over 30 years as a WW2 historian and aficionado, and and I've admired him for multiple reasons. His humility is one of them. He was never a member of the Nazi party, but he was loyal the Great Germany and its people. Militarily he is a genius, someone everyone in command in WW2 could look up and that includes Patton, Monty, Zhukov, and all the rest.
In April of last year, I was at Lorzendorf Castle in Silesia, now Woskowice Male, in Poland. This is where Manstein married Sibylle von Loesch in 1920. The Loesch family were large estate landowners. It was neat to see the former castle and grounds. Today the place serves as a rehab centre. Our family provides many of the flowers on the property. 1 Kilometer away in neighbouring Proschau / now Proszow, is where my great grandfather was born.)
Wow, my great-grandparents come from near Breslau.
Well, Manstein was the greatest strategist of the Wehrmacht, perhaps of the entire war, with the exception of William Slim, possibly. After the war Manstein laid the groundwork for NATO defence strategy against the communist block. Manstein and his campaigns are still studied at military academies. He was one of the greatest prussian officers, but not a nazi, unlike Model.
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.
He was also a good chess player which gave him an advantage in the way of his thinking and his planning against his opponents in the opposing armies.
Manstein was probably glad not to command “the Africa corpse“.
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
Interesting! Thankyou
A lot of the German Aristocracy had Jewish family members so I suspect this character was right in this supposition at least.
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.
I enjoyed it. Thanks!
Really well from a historical perspective. Great info. on Manstein.
That’s Halder at 3:50 with the red arrow, plus at beginning of film at Nuremberg messing with headphones is Avon Runstedt
Interesting
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Havent money man
I still enjoyed it. You are doing the best you can. Thank you @@waracademy128
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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.
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Interesting, thanks
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video👍🏻 about infamous German Marshall ( Erich von Manstein) ..majority of curiosities I heard about it a first time ..thank you ( 🙏 war academy) channel for sharing
Good footage with a number of interesting facts. Thank you. All these senior officers sold their souls for promotion and preferment. They were given additional bonuses on their birthdays, not just on Hitler's, as well as sequestered properties and land.
In his memoirs, Lost Victories, Manstein recounts how a sluggish, lethargic and uninterested Hitler visited him at his Ukraine HQ for a morning conference. After an early lunch break, Hitler returned a renewed man - talkative, energetic, charismatic. Not surprising as he'd just been pumped full of methamphetamines and cocaine - courtesy of Dr Morrell.
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
I only knew that he was adopted and that he was approached by the conspirators before the 20th of July. I think it also known that German field marshals earned quite a generous salary.
Perhaps the greatest curiosity of all is that Manstein had a son in Mexico City, whom I personally knew. He was the administrative chief of the country's best private high school.
I wonder if the situation would have changed a lot if he had been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front like the Western Front. The Nuremberg trial was a trial for revenge. Jodle and Kaitel were ceremoniously signed as commander-in-chief staff, and they were hanged on the grounds. As Montgomery said, "They lost the war and are there"
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.
I,m from UK ,,Welsh .... So thats my background ....,,My opinion on Manstein is that he was a soldier and not politician ,,I personally think that he was a great general and saved many of his countrymans lives ,..He was employed after the war as a consultant for NATO for his defensive prowess .....I,m personally glad that I never had the to be an infantryman on the other side ..A brilliant mind .
Manstein's selection as OB East may have delayed Soviet advances but the end result would likely have been the same for Germany. What might be interesting to consider is the effect on Eastern Europe. If Germany was able to stall the Soviets, perhaps the Soviet area of control in the eastern half of the continent may have been reduced. However, the lines were agreed at Yalta & other conferences. As long as Patton was not allowed to advance farther east than Vienna, pas de changement dans le résultat.
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.
A small correction: the word “corps” (as in “Afrika Korps” or “Corps” in English) is pronounced “core” - “p” and “s” are silent - in both German and English.
Brah that ain’t a real person talking
A.I. Voice: This does not compute.
Possibly Afrika 'Corpse' turned out to be a very apt title.
Then AI shouldn't used. @@MAMW93
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I would like to add the followin citation from Wikipedia:
Ernst Abraham Albrecht von Manstein (19 May 1869 - 17 January 1944) was a German army officer, teacher and notable convert to Judaism. A member of the aristocratic von Manstein family, he was related to the Second World War-era field marshal Erich von Manstein. He served briefly in the Imperial German Army, during which time he was posted to Würzburg. Whilst there he became involved in the Jewish community and met his Jewish-born wife. He converted to Judaism in 1892 and was disowned by his family.
Von Manstein subsequently became a teacher before the rise to power of the Nazi Party in 1933 forced him out of his job. He attempted to emigrate to Palestine but was unable to do so due to the Second World War. After the majority of Würzburg's Jews were deported to concentration camps in the east, von Manstein, who was exempt due to his supposed Aryan origin, made a formal request to join them, but this was denied. He lost his valuable musical instrument collection to the Nazis and was made to live in a single building with the city's remaining Jews. He allegedly recanted his faith, under duress, in October 1942, before falling ill and dying in 1944. The Nazi Party seized his body and he was buried in a non-Jewish cemetery with full military honours, despite the objections of his friends. A post-war campaign led to him being reburied in the Jewish cemetery next to his wife in
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amazing
Good history Channel
I read a remark he made when he was sent to the siege of Sevastopol stating he remembered seeing (east of 1919 Polish-CCCP border) this region years before. I assume it was a slight allusion of his 'sub rosa' placement at Lipetsk during the Rapallo era.
Odd I never knew any of these curiosities. I think I heard one where manstein was related directly to Kasier Wilhelm II or maybe that was another officer in the Wehrmacht.
The photo at 2.57 shows Halder with GFM Wilhelm List, not von Brauchitsch.
good catch, although they kind of resemble each other, except for the 'stache.
Great video ! He thought 'outside the box. The only `mistake` he made was recommending to attack the sides of the kursk silent in April . Model who positively didn`t want to do it kept giving excuses to hitler to put it off `till early july. Manstein should have spoken up and told hitler that it was too late and should be cancelled
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 was a master tactician when it came to warfare and that was what mattered.
He still ended up on the losing side !.. ml
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Lewin and Lewinsky are often vairiants of Levi--a family name many Jews adopted when required to get one. Other related Jewish family names are Levine, LeVine, and Lavigne.
We are informed that Monica Lewinsky was Jewish, so rumors of Mannstein-Lewinsky's Jewish roots could have some truth. To get off the hook race-wise, no Jewish ancestor of Mannstein's could have been less than a great-great grandparent. But if the Gestapo's excellent family background records found no Jewish ancestors of Mannstein-Lewinsky's, chances of Mannstein-Lewinsky's having over 1/32d Jewish ancestry are slight.
We are going through the same situation now in America.
What's the name of the soundtrack?
Bso Empire earth
@@waracademy128 thanks a lot! Love your videos!
What about his symphony/rock orchestra?
He used to pack, chopped liver on leaven bread, n his haversack, plus matza ball soup in his thermos, and abstained from pork.He also was the only German Officer that preferred to drink Mogan David wine. He most always carried his Talmud in his briefcase also.
Isn’t that the cast of Dad’s Army in the vehicle at the beginning of the video?
He must bear at least partial responsibility for Starlingrad and post war he was less than honest about his role in the disarster ?
Manstein could win the war,
For germany
When after the winning against france,
Hitler gave him the leadership of the Wehrmacht,
But Hitler didn t,
So Germany lost
Of Manstein; "he was the most intelligent operational commander that we had at that time".Guderian
Najzdolniejsi generałowie tej wojny posiadali Polskie pochodzenie.
Erich von Mainstain przyszedł na świat jako dziesiąte dziecko gen. Edwarda von Lewinskiego pochodzącego z polsko-kaszubskiego rodu szlacheckiego Royk-Lewińskich herbu Lew (pierwotną siedzibą rodu było Lewino) i piąte dziecko drugiej jego żony, Heleny von Sperling. Po chrzcie przebywał w domu ówczesnego mjr. Georga von Mansteina, który nie miał dzieci z siostrą jego matki. W wieku 14 lat został zaadoptowany przez to małżeństwo. W wyniku uchwały Rady Ministrów II Rzeszy Niemieckiej otrzymał nowy herb i z biegiem lat używał nazwiska "von Lewinski, zwany von Manstein", coraz częściej w skróconej formie "von Manstein".
Na skutek pogłosek o żydowskim pochodzeniu, rozsiewanych przez przeciwników Ericha von Mansteina w armii, SS na rozkaz Himmlera przebadało genealogię marszałka. Udało się ustalić polskie korzenie von Mansteina"
Konstanty Rokossowski był synem polskiego kolejarza Ksawerego Wojciecha Rokossowskiego wyznania rzymskokatolickiego i nauczycielki z Pińska, Antoniny Owsiannikowej z drobnej szlachty rosyjskiej wyznania prawosławnego.
Ojciec wywodził się ze szlacheckiej rodziny Rokossowskich herbu Glaubicz z Wielkopolski, która przyjęła nazwisko od miejscowości Rokosowo koło Gostynia.
Near war's end Hitler had an interesting observation about Manstein, who at that time was not in service. The little corporal remarked that Manstein excelled with a well-equipped army at full strength and, for any such force, he was the man to command it. However, he was not as able with forces that were in disarray and scrambling, say as would be a Heinrici or even Model Hitler made no reference to these two incidentally. It's a thesis that has some merit. That said, Manstein would be among the select group I would want ( him. Zhukpv, Guderian, Rundstedt.....not Rommel).
Not Rommel, why?
These were vicious and ambitious times, it would be extremely interesting to see a video on which great Russian and German Generals might have faired better in combat had they not been killed by their highly vicious contemporaries whom feared their military and potentially political prowess.
Marshal Zhukov for example, has long been said to have only been alive to repel the Nazis because he just happened to have been stationed to a Russian backwater post far away from the intrigues of Moscow, where other highly capable generals and politicians were being senselessly murdered in Stalinist purges.
The word corps is pronounced core!
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.
According to his aide de camp Alexander Stahlberg v.Manstein himself made jokes about his ancestry. He said "Either I am a descent of a jewish fur trader or of a kashubian farmer".After the war Stahlberg wrote an interesting book about his time with v.Manstein.
It's always great to hear from a complete stranger what I don't know.
I had read about the "birthday" presents AH handed out from Guderian's writings. I found your comparison to present day US generals thought provoking. I had never heard US generals get bonus pay in war, and if true, it's disgusting because it incentivizes bad policy and deception.
Halter got his name, because of strong rumors that he wore colorful halter tops under his uniform!
What about the time that he dined with the leader of Einsatzgruppe 3 a few times and had no problem giving them bullets.
5:15 'infallible loyalty' ?? Surely 'reliable loyalty' was meant.
Had Manstein had jewish ancestry, there would have been no problem. There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the Wehrmacht (including high ranking officers) with jewish ancestors, even mother OR father. This is described in the book Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, by Bryan Mark Rigg .
You’d think with 10 children, the lewinski’s could give more than one child to the manstein’s. After guderian was relieved from panzer command in army group center, he was given 250,000 marks with advice to buy an estate somewhere. Large grants for victorious commanders was normal in Europe. Von trapp, of sound of music fame, was given a sum of money for his submarine service
a corpse is a dead body a korps pronounced "core" is a group or formation
He had polish roots which was proven by Himmler investigation. His ansestors were part of polish nobility having coat of arms “Lew”
"Africa Corpse." LMAO.
I have always wondered if he is distantly related to the Lewinsky of White House fame ?
That should have been Question #7 in the video.
Α great military office
What was the basis for trhe 18 year sentence. ?
Just an aside. All the Wehrmacht Generals knew what was going to happen on the Eastern Front when Hitler Invaded. It was a war never seen on the face of the Earth. It was a Racist war of Extermination, Subjugation and Removal. And to a man they played their part in this ensuring that tens of millions of innocent people died and they kept this up till the end. So keep this in mind when you read about them.
Good history channet
Yes Manstein has a comparable recent German American General, and great battlefield tactician Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf!
Good, but some have read the books.
Hitler's Marshal's also received huge grants of land and estates.
It was determined that he was Jewish, when he refused to mobilize his troops on, Passover, Yom Kippur, or Hanukah.
To be honest, I always enjoy how you former so-called “Allies” still try to tell the story in your desired way, even after almost 80 years of history in German history. It's unbelievable what you tell the world about the history of the war. And all of this smacks of Allied propaganda... By the way, how many people took the trouble to listen to the other side, that of the Germans??? A rogue who thinks evil of it! Mfg Magnus
The one how believe in the manstein should receive the gift of the mainstein
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What was the 'Africa corpse' ?
In German, it spells "Deutsches Afrikakorps", so it is being pronounced allright
Dead body in africa
@@paulbelisle7213 😂😂😂
@@paulbelisle7213 obviously
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Not a Marshal never revolts, but a Prussian Marshal never revolts.
"Africa Corpse"?
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
He had polish ancestry from Polish Noble family Lewinski
who (what) wrote the text for this video ... 'salary as a quarterback' !! d'oh !!
I am a great admirer of Von Manstein as a soldier.
which army
So am I...Herr von manstein was a great soldier
Ok 👍
There's a SEVENTH thing I didn't know about him: that he had ever existed...
Corps = kor. Not corpse -a dead body, unless you are trying to make a subliminal point
Erich Von Manstein was a hero. RIP
Nazi fan boy little Wayne.
If mainstein had been in overall command, Germany would have probably defeated ussr!
Why the robot voice and not your own?
It's ok for them to be grand Generals, but they don't do the dying?
Manstein as head of the Africa Corps? Wow! He could have defeated the British in NA
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.
Here's the problem with racial discrimination. How far does it go back ?? I think von Manstein was Jewish but Hitler didn't dare, seeing that he was related to Hindenburg.
I guess that's why Hitler fumed, he needed Germans cooperation.
When you think about it they were all complicit.
Populated with "Did you know that..." Statements. Little bits of secret knowledge, remember - fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Corps is pronounced as Kor. The p and s are silent.
A.I. Voice: Reprogram me please.
/Mawn-shtine/, not /Man-stine/; /Vair-macht/, not /Wer-macht/.
Just curious: Is this an AI voice, or a human narrator? If AI, it is quite well realized.
You will be defrauded all your money.
Prussian field marshals do not mutiny
-Erich Von Manstein (1887-1973)
A.K.A , "Erich Von Nosestein."
Good video, but it's Africa Corps NOT Africa Corpse.
hmm I thought Manstein only had 1 son, who was killed on the eastern front?
Yes, his son Gero died in Leningrad, but he had more
The Afrika CORPSE, oh dear.
The seventh curiosity is Manstein's dachshund, Knirps, who was trained to raise its paw in salute when ordered to "Heil Hitler!"😂
Pronounced core not corps
From Latin, for body
Of course the yanquis generals earned a lot of money 😢, much of it from honest tax-payers who had no choice whatsoever but to pay the tax, or be accused of not being a loyal yanqui to the u.s. government
If he hadve been given command of the DAK rather than Rommel, he wouldve rolled up the 8th army in short order, a far better officer than Rommel ever was.
Listen to this expert. 😂😂😂
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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You had mentioned Sperling in the family name of his ancestors. That can be a Jewish surname.
It was an informative video. However your pronunciation of the Afrika Corps, it’s more like core. The p and s are silent my good fellow.
Severe lack of any information for anyone who has read a book or two over the years...
Just a little nit picking, Churchill was re elected by the British people. Stop confusing England with Britain, two different entities, Plus it annoys the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish,
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.
How can a nation have liberty with thousands of people enslaved ???😅😅😅😅😅