For educational purposes<br /><br />He was considered Hitler's most capable strategist, to the allies the most dangerous opponent. <br /><br />His career is typical for most of the conservative Prussian generals who took a reserved view of National Socialism and, nevertheless, as willing tools, executed Hitler's merciless war. <br /><br />Erich von Manstein developed the plan of operations for the French campaign in 1940 and thus established his reputation as an operations genius.<br /><br />Field-Marshal Erich von Manstein was the architect of the defeat of France in 1940, the greatest triumph in German military history. <br /><br />On military questions Manstein vigorously contradicted the Fuhrer, who suspected his politics and finally dismissed him.
