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Why Manstein's "backhand strike" worked—a retreat Hitler didn't want.
In early 1943, after the disaster at Stalingrad, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein used a risky controlled retreat to lure overextended Soviet forces forward—then struck their exposed flanks with concentrated armor in the counteroffensive that culminated at Kharkov. This episode breaks down how logistics, tempo, and command conflict with ...
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