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  1. I tried at that time to relieve the Sixth Army, of which I was supreme commander, above Paulus, by counterattacks - but it was not possible…
  2. He was not only the most brilliant strategist of all our generals, but he had a good political sense. A man of that quality was too difficu…
  3. If Paulus's army had capitulated before the end, the Russians would have had the advantage of withdrawing forces against Paulus and against…
  4. The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in…
  5. He is the best tactician and combat commander we have.
  6. Master of the Blitzkrieg.
  7. Manstein despised Goring and loathed Himmler. To his most trusted colleagues he admitted to Jewish antecedents. He could also be scathing a…
  8. He had utter disdain for the Nazis and had no time for their racial purity agenda.

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