@Paulftate Patton was a capable general. German generals maybe respected his capabilities but they never afraid of him. World of Afraid is in vain and worthless for such great military commanders.
Yes, although Heinrici wasn't promoted to Fielmarshal, purely because Hitler disliked him, he definitely should be remembered. He was a master of the defensive operation.
Germay's different needs throughout the war called for different talents According to me here are the ones who excelled when in command Strategy: Manstein Attack: Rommel Defense : Heinrici Blitzkrieg Doctrine: Guderian Most dependable: Rundstedt
Rommel was always my favorite. He was exceptionally brilliant, and he said. “ we hold the allies on the beaches or we don’t at all.” he was absolutely right.
@@picklickwick Either Model or Heinrici would be appropriate. Heinrici is a general you don't hear much about, because he had his best days when the German army was way past it's peak. He was fairly junior the glory days of Barbarossa. Heinrici was the general defending the Seelow heights, and against massively unfavourable odds stopped Zhukov in his tracks for several days - which by that time was a big achievement. There were several other times he made the Russians look like rank amateurs.
My top 3. 1.Manstein, the most talented out of the box thinker while maintaining a field presence commander. 2. SS general Steiner, made famous because of the movie downfall, however his actual combat performance was excellent, a true lead from the front commander. 3. Rommel, what more can i say. Tactically, the most famous mobile warfare general with influence that reached long after ww2.
Although Albert Kesselring wasn't a Marshall, I believe his ability to steadily hold back everything the Allies could throw at his through brilliant defense lines, was as talented as any military commander could have done regarding the situation...
Kesselring was excellent in his defence in Italy, and also before that was a very good Luftwaffe commander. And btw he was a Field Marshall, he was promoted after the success in France in 1940. Of course, being officially a Luftwaffe soldier, he wore the Luftwaffe Field Marshall uniform .
10:36 On September 17th, 1944, when Operation Market Garden began, Hitler's firefighter Walter Model happened to find himself in Montgomery's most worst spot he could be, in Oosterbeek, a village just two miles west of Arnhem. His HQ was there between the landing zone of the British 1st Airborne Division and the Arnhem Rhine bridge. I think the allied commanders didn't know this. Thanks to his powers, Model was able to transport by railroads enough armoured vehicles over hundreds of kilometres (including from Hamburg) to Arnhem in just two days' time.
The German general Kesselring should be considered here. Not only did Kesselring deal sternly with the pompous Desert Fox (who was N0T winning in North Africa), but he had to coordinate the entire Mediterranean Theater for Germany, despite not getting the men or equipment he desired. Kesselring was a helluva general. Read about him.
That is the most correct analysis of the the best German General of world war 2. Rundstedt was the best field General. Manstein was a great strategist but does not compare to Rundstedts capacity to delegate and identify capable commanders.
Attacking: Rommel/Boch Counter Attack: Manstein Defensive: Model/Heinrici Best Overall: Reichenau Had Reichenau led the 6th Army into Stalingrad I have no doubt he would have secured the victory for the Wehrmacht. Paulus was a decent general not bad but not great either. He was an awful choice to take over the 6th. I have no doubt if he had not been the chief of staff for the 6th when Reichenau died there was no way he would have been given a field command.
There are 3 Top German Generals depending on context. Model for comprehensive defence eg the Defence around Rzhev "meat Grinder" Manstein for deep strategic assessment & execution when under AH's approval. e.g France 1940 & Sevastopol 1942 & Kharkiv Feb-Mar 1943 with AH's approval etc. Guderian for his intuitive grasp to execute regardless of what AH may say. His willingness to deliver. This was in the final execution in 1940 when he ignored AH. Where he argued vociferously for a continuation against Moscow in August 1941 rather than Kiev. His grasp of what was required may well have generated a different result at stalingrad with Mansteins Winter Storm when Manstein did not ask Paulus to attack towards him. Additionally at Kursk I suspect Guderian would have finished the job argued against the stripping of 1st SS to Italy, Gross Deutschland to Kluge and wasting weeks to get there when Model could have been ok without them & they were instrumental in the South whilst also challenging Ah on not allowing the reinforcements to be brought in in the South When the Soviets didnt have reinforcements in range and front line were being mauled in the South...(I.e. the 5th SS Viking, Panzer div 17 & 23) which would have certainly altered the result given the situation on 13th June 1943. ( A victory lost by Von Manstein, could have been a victory won with GUderian)...but even as Stalin was allowing for greater & greater general autonomy, Ah was increasingly exerting greater control...Fortunately the Allies won!!
Rommel has a lot of critic who believe he is over rated. I don't agree with this, and think some of the criticisms are unwarranted. For example he is often accused of being a poor strategist. And yet he was critical of Germany's failure to take Malta, which hampered their logistics in North Africa. He also suggested that a massive sweep through Egypt could end up attacking the Caucasus, with its vital oilfields, although this was admittedly not really feasible. And he was critical of holding on in North Africa as long as they did, because he felt no strategic goal was achieved. In his mind the time would be better spent building up defences in Italy.
At the end our host says he's "being honest." That's just great. It's a dumb phrase, a dumb thing to say. Who would watch if he weren't being honest? But -- Bully for our narrator. He's trying to be honest.
Rommel is extremely overrated and can't be compared to the other field marshals, he never commanded an entire army group alone, he always just commanded smaller armies.
I feel von Rundstedt is misplaced here. What made him stand out was longevity. He didn't really do anything that was above the ordinary. Most of the outstanding successes were because of his subordinate generals. Vis a vis WW1, there was no such army rank of commander. I would replace his place on the list with Kesselring.
@@jacobvarkey8244 At the army group level, yes. Rommel was good as a corps commander. Above that, not so much. Beating someone who is mediocre at best doesn't enhance your rep much. Hence why Monty's German opponents didn't get much rep for opposing him.
It would be interesting to switch allied generals that are considered great with their axis counterparts and see who would be the better general, the Germans would get General Patton in 1939 at the start of the war, and the Americans get Rommel to lead their armies in 1941 and forward, The Japanese would get McArthur while the U.S gets Yamamoto before Pearl harbor so all would begin from the start of hostilities I would like to see how Patton would deal with the same limitations as the German generals faced, limited fuel and other supplies, no air cover, or then again maybe Patton would have won earlier battles that his German counterpart lost and not be in their situation , who knows?
Rommel is definitely the most famous 😂but I bought a book 📚 on man stein so I’m gonna vote for him. Some of my tank crazy friends 😅like guderian . Walter who? I think whoever conquered France should be kaiser😂
The talents these men had inevitably made them scapegoats for Hitler’s wrath, because they were doing their jobs as well as they could while Hitlers incompetent insanity caused one military defeat after another.
It's not possible to say who was the best because each of them had different tasks, strengths, and different opponents. For example, Von Bock was very good, but near Moscow he lacked logistics, and then he was recalled, so it's not known how he would perform defensively. Manstein maintained the southern front after Stalingrad, but he lost at Kursk and lost Ukraine. In my opinion, Busch was good, but he wasn't spectacular; he only showed himself in defense. It's difficult to compare incomparable conditions. And in my opinion, Model was overrated.
Maybe I'm dumb but Runstead did not as I understand it lead the 1941 Ardennes breakthrough. I thought he was the commander responsible through Holland and Belgium. PLEASE assist???????
Of course, all these and many more were way better than the Allied generals. However, von Manstein was the greatest in my opinion. Rommel was a great tactical leader, but not a Marshal. And Model was great defensively, but got in a bit late I think. There are so many more great German WW2 generals you could have mentioned! And... not really any US or English ones. That Montgomery brat is nothing. What about Guderian? I really admire that man and general! What about Model? Why so few? Of course, Keitel was in charge a lot but he was nicknamed by colleges as "LaKeitel" for being a bit of a coward. But all were better than anything the Allies could muster!
Erwin Rommel was promoted to field marshal in June of 1942, after Panzer Group Africa captured Tobruk. The best Allied general was William Slim (British), who commanded in southeast Asia.
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Manstein, Guderian and Model. Rommel at a tactical (corps) level. No idea how von Rundstedt made your list, your omission of Guderian even more surprising. There was no rank in the German army called Commander. Sloppy.
What the hell are Rundstedt and Model doing on your list? Manstein yes but them big no. Greatest Field Marshalls of Germany and of the entire war are: Position one: FieldMarshall Von Manstein Number two: FieldMarshall Albert Kesselring Number three: Field Marshall Erwin Rommel Model and sleeping Rundstedt are some of the most overrated of the war.
During World War II, especially in the later stages of the conflict, resources became increasingly scarce for Axis powers like Germany. Luxury items like monocles were viewed as symbols of elitism and privilege, which could provoke resentment among civilians facing hardship. Thus, some German officers might have had their monocles smashed by angry civilians as an act of defiance or as a way to express their disdain for the perceived arrogance of the military elite. Additionally, it could have been a form of retaliation for the officers' perceived role in the war and its consequences.
My top 3: 1. Manstein (both defensive and offensive success) 2. Walter Model (Fireman) 3. von Bock (All around good general) Honorable mentions: Guderian, Rundstedt
Is this speak autogenerated? It has to be. Several things are pronounced quite weird. And all units on the strategic maps are cavalry units, according to the symbols used. Not that great a video.
Conterversial opinion. Manstein wasn't great. Model, kliest, rommel were better generals. He was definitely good at playing politics. He lost the southern front in russia. He blamed all his failures on hitler to save his image. He also hid his involvement in war crimes and perpetuated a myth of clean Wehrmacht.
1.Manstein (Master of mobile defence)
2.Guderian (Father of blitzkrieg)
3.Walther Model (Master of defence)
Nice choices .. yet, they all feared Patton
@Paulftate Patton was a capable general. German generals maybe respected his capabilities but they never afraid of him. World of Afraid is in vain and worthless for such great military commanders.
Though Guderian was not a Field Marshall, even if he deserved to be. But I'd agree and also add Heinrici.
Yes, although Heinrici wasn't promoted to Fielmarshal, purely because Hitler disliked him, he definitely should be remembered. He was a master of the defensive operation.
I agree .
Manstein on the offensive, army level
Rommel on the offensive, corps level
Heinricki on the defensive, army level
Defense on army level Model
What about Albert Kesselring? He held back the Allies in Italy for a long time
USSR has endless human resources, USA has endless money and industry, German smart General is limited
...THAT WAS MOSTLY BECAUSE THE TERRITORY OF ITALY WAS MOUNTAINOUS AND EASY TO DEFEND!!!
KESSELRING COULDN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT!!!
@@daleburrell6273 why you so mad, all in capital letters
Ahh,, there were so many brilliant generals.
@@Russian382 ...I USE CAPITAL LETTERS ALL THE TIME...
Germay's different needs throughout the war called for different talents
According to me here are the ones who excelled when in command
Strategy: Manstein
Attack: Rommel
Defense : Heinrici
Blitzkrieg Doctrine: Guderian
Most dependable: Rundstedt
Rommel was always my favorite. He was exceptionally brilliant, and he said. “ we hold the allies on the beaches or we don’t at all.” he was absolutely right.
Defense is model dude
Just noobs claim Rommel xd
@@picklickwick Either Model or Heinrici would be appropriate. Heinrici is a general you don't hear much about, because he had his best days when the German army was way past it's peak. He was fairly junior the glory days of Barbarossa. Heinrici was the general defending the Seelow heights, and against massively unfavourable odds stopped Zhukov in his tracks for several days - which by that time was a big achievement. There were several other times he made the Russians look like rank amateurs.
Gotthard Heinrici was at least on a par with Walter Model as a defensive expert.
Don't think he ever made the rank of Marshal tho, neither did Gudarian.
1 - Guderian
2 - Model
3 - Manstein
My top 3.
1.Manstein, the most talented out of the box thinker while maintaining a field presence commander.
2. SS general Steiner, made famous because of the movie downfall, however his actual combat performance was excellent, a true lead from the front commander.
3. Rommel, what more can i say. Tactically, the most famous mobile warfare general with influence that reached long after ww2.
Manstein, indeed!
Although Albert Kesselring wasn't a Marshall, I believe his ability to steadily hold back everything the Allies could throw at his through brilliant defense lines, was as talented as any military commander could have done regarding the situation...
He was made field marshal in 1940.
Kesselring was excellent in his defence in Italy, and also before that was a very good Luftwaffe commander. And btw he was a Field Marshall, he was promoted after the success in France in 1940. Of course, being officially a Luftwaffe soldier, he wore the Luftwaffe Field Marshall uniform .
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You make good points.
Manstein the obvious choice, Allthough guderian and rommel were considered,
But...... For me....
Heinrici.
Guderian and Heinrici were generals not marshals.
Without a doubt General Burkhalter.
forgot about him. If only Klink were a general.
Before watching the video guess:
3- Albert Kesselrig
2- Walter Model
1- Erich von Manstein
Model for active defense, Guderian for offence Manstein if you need a posterboy who knew everything better in hindsight.
All great Marshalls....would've only mattered if they had supplies and reinfrcements.......no one could have overcome that
Von Manstein was Germany's best overall general.
10:36 On September 17th, 1944, when Operation Market Garden began, Hitler's firefighter Walter Model happened to find himself in Montgomery's most worst spot he could be, in Oosterbeek, a village just two miles west of Arnhem. His HQ was there between the landing zone of the British 1st Airborne Division and the Arnhem Rhine bridge. I think the allied commanders didn't know this. Thanks to his powers, Model was able to transport by railroads enough armoured vehicles over hundreds of kilometres (including from Hamburg) to Arnhem in just two days' time.
Great Video Sergio!
AI’s poor pronunciation of German names is very grating and diminished the overall video.
Model, Kesselring, Hoth and Hube
The German general Kesselring should be considered here. Not only did Kesselring deal sternly with the pompous Desert Fox (who was N0T winning in North Africa), but he had to coordinate the entire Mediterranean Theater for Germany, despite not getting the men or equipment he desired. Kesselring was a helluva general. Read about him.
And what would Burkhalter have been without Clink !?!
Guderian was the inventor of Blitzkrieg, so I vote for him in the top 3 German commanders.
That is the most correct analysis of the the best German General of world war 2. Rundstedt was the best field General. Manstein was a great strategist but does not compare to Rundstedts capacity to delegate and identify capable commanders.
Agreed. Great video!
Ty
It was a wonderful evaluation about those three ..yes completely agree with 🙏( War Academy) channel explaining and evaluation
He may not be the "sexy" choice but Kesselring was indisputably extremely bright and effective. His taint with war crimes was a sad aside.
All legit German generals should have monocle like Model !!
Good history Channel
Mannstein, Paul Hausser , Felix Steiner.
Attacking: Rommel/Boch
Counter Attack: Manstein
Defensive: Model/Heinrici
Best Overall: Reichenau
Had Reichenau led the 6th Army into Stalingrad I have no doubt he would have secured the victory for the Wehrmacht. Paulus was a decent general not bad but not great either. He was an awful choice to take over the 6th. I have no doubt if he had not been the chief of staff for the 6th when Reichenau died there was no way he would have been given a field command.
#4 Smiling Albert Kesselring
Manstein, Rommel, and Runstedt!
In my opinion Manstein and Guderian the inventore of blitzkrisg
They were all great military field marshals
Kesselring or guderian over von manstein
There are 3 Top German Generals depending on context. Model for comprehensive defence eg the Defence around Rzhev "meat Grinder" Manstein for deep strategic assessment & execution when under AH's approval. e.g France 1940 & Sevastopol 1942 & Kharkiv Feb-Mar 1943 with AH's approval etc. Guderian for his intuitive grasp to execute regardless of what AH may say. His willingness to deliver. This was in the final execution in 1940 when he ignored AH. Where he argued vociferously for a continuation against Moscow in August 1941 rather than Kiev. His grasp of what was required may well have generated a different result at stalingrad with Mansteins Winter Storm when Manstein did not ask Paulus to attack towards him. Additionally at Kursk I suspect Guderian would have finished the job argued against the stripping of 1st SS to Italy, Gross Deutschland to Kluge and wasting weeks to get there when Model could have been ok without them & they were instrumental in the South whilst also challenging Ah on not allowing the reinforcements to be brought in in the South When the Soviets didnt have reinforcements in range and front line were being mauled in the South...(I.e. the 5th SS Viking, Panzer div 17 & 23) which would have certainly altered the result given the situation on 13th June 1943. ( A victory lost by Von Manstein, could have been a victory won with GUderian)...but even as Stalin was allowing for greater & greater general autonomy, Ah was increasingly exerting greater control...Fortunately the Allies won!!
Surprised Rommel isn't among the top 3.
Rommel has a lot of critic who believe he is over rated. I don't agree with this, and think some of the criticisms are unwarranted. For example he is often accused of being a poor strategist. And yet he was critical of Germany's failure to take Malta, which hampered their logistics in North Africa. He also suggested that a massive sweep through Egypt could end up attacking the Caucasus, with its vital oilfields, although this was admittedly not really feasible. And he was critical of holding on in North Africa as long as they did, because he felt no strategic goal was achieved. In his mind the time would be better spent building up defences in Italy.
Best Generals? Model, Manstein, Guderian
Manstein,Heinrici,Model - in that order.
General Rokossovsky was the best general of WW2,an almost perfect record.Change my mind.
I agree with your assessment, but what's baffling to me is why Hitler altered so many final battle plans?!
Absolutely agree with this assessment. I’ll always give your channel attention and is by far the only channel where I watch every video published
Ty
Rommel in spite of lack of Support ,still manage to Won.
Manstein clearly #1
Von manstein THe GOAT
Heins Guderian The Artist
Walter Model The fuhrers Fireman
My list would be 1) Erich von Manstein, 2) Erwin Rommel, and 3) Heinz Guderian.
Model
Manstein
Von Reichenau
1- Heinz Guderian
2-Erich von Manstein
3-Gerd von Rundstedt
Manstein is a legend in his own book.
What about Kesselring ?
Any list without Guderian is useless. About Keitel, he was just "yes man" nothing more.
Manstein, Guderian, Heinrici
I'm a min in. I'll say manstein , model and guderian
Thats excluding waafen ss generals
I would say Mainstien.
did you see the bottles of Champaign. the battel of cirrhosis
At the end our host says he's "being honest." That's just great.
It's a dumb phrase, a dumb thing to say. Who would watch if he weren't being honest?
But -- Bully for our narrator. He's trying to be honest.
I agree with you.
Eric von Mainstein
Model, Manstein, Rommel.
Rommel is extremely overrated and can't be compared to the other field marshals, he never commanded an entire army group alone, he always just commanded smaller armies.
@@bucherbuddy2237 This is true. His command ceiling was arguable a corps commander, at which he excelled.
Did not Model commit suicide?
I liked Steiner he knew how to trigger Hitler .
I feel von Rundstedt is misplaced here. What made him stand out was longevity. He didn't really do anything that was above the ordinary. Most of the outstanding successes were because of his subordinate generals.
Vis a vis WW1, there was no such army rank of commander.
I would replace his place on the list with Kesselring.
Field Marshall Montgomery said of Rundstedt: "I thought Rommel was good, But Rundstedt would have hit him for a six."
@@jacobvarkey8244 At the army group level, yes. Rommel was good as a corps commander. Above that, not so much. Beating someone who is mediocre at best doesn't enhance your rep much. Hence why Monty's German opponents didn't get much rep for opposing him.
It would be interesting to switch allied generals that are considered great with their axis counterparts and see who would be the better general, the Germans would get General Patton in 1939 at the start of the war, and the Americans get Rommel to lead their armies in 1941 and forward, The Japanese would get McArthur while the U.S gets Yamamoto before Pearl harbor so all would begin from the start of hostilities
I would like to see how Patton would deal with the same limitations as the German generals faced, limited fuel and other supplies, no air cover,
or then again maybe Patton would have won earlier battles that his German counterpart lost and not be in their situation , who knows?
Rommel is definitely the most famous 😂but I bought a book 📚 on man stein so I’m gonna vote for him. Some of my tank crazy friends 😅like guderian . Walter who? I think whoever conquered France should be kaiser😂
The talents these men had inevitably made them scapegoats for Hitler’s wrath, because they were doing their jobs as well as they could while Hitlers incompetent insanity caused one military defeat after another.
Manstein was the best overall strategist. Guderian on offense. Model the best overall field commander.
Eisenhower, because he's the German that won the war
Eisenhower was never a combat officer, he was an administrator
Dutch
@@PaulftateAnd a diplomat. Imagine having to deal with deGaule. And keeping Montgomery and Patton happy.
Originally Eisenhauer, until the family's arrival in USA.
...EISENHOWER WASN'T WORTH A DAM AS A GENERAL- AND HE WAS A DISASTER AS A U.S. PRESIDENT!!!
Guedarian
Model
Heinrici
Guderian
It's not possible to say who was the best because each of them had different tasks, strengths, and different opponents. For example, Von Bock was very good, but near Moscow he lacked logistics, and then he was recalled, so it's not known how he would perform defensively. Manstein maintained the southern front after Stalingrad, but he lost at Kursk and lost Ukraine. In my opinion, Busch was good, but he wasn't spectacular; he only showed himself in defense. It's difficult to compare incomparable conditions. And in my opinion, Model was overrated.
My thoughts on the Battle of curse is .. that was during the time of the battle of anzio and Hitler needed troops quick
Tough choice. Well manstein is the best
I agree about Manstein. Hitler had a solid group of Marshals, but they had an idiot for a commander.
Manstein
Commander was a rank in the German Navy and not the German Army.
Maybe I'm dumb but Runstead did not as I understand it lead the 1941 Ardennes breakthrough. I thought he was the commander responsible through Holland and Belgium. PLEASE assist???????
Mainstien hands down
Of course, all these and many more were way better than the Allied generals. However, von Manstein was the greatest in my opinion. Rommel was a great tactical leader, but not a Marshal. And Model was great defensively, but got in a bit late I think. There are so many more great German WW2 generals you could have mentioned! And... not really any US or English ones. That Montgomery brat is nothing. What about Guderian? I really admire that man and general! What about Model? Why so few? Of course, Keitel was in charge a lot but he was nicknamed by colleges as "LaKeitel" for being a bit of a coward. But all were better than anything the Allies could muster!
Erwin Rommel was promoted to field marshal in June of 1942, after Panzer Group Africa captured Tobruk.
The best Allied general was William Slim (British), who commanded in southeast Asia.
The Allies and Germans all agreed manstein was the best general of the war in Europe.
MacArthur and admiral Nimitz the best in the pacific
William Slim was a much better general than MacArthur.
Erich Von Manstein.
Where guderian?
Albert kesslring?? He stop allies for 2 years in Italy why he not on the list ??
Von Bock
About doing the Generals of the Soviet Union ? .After all they were the one that defeated the German Generals on the Easter front .
Rommel & Model.
USA was Eisenhower and Patton. And Omar Bradley.!! Germany was no doubt Rommel
When political leaders get involved in warfare this is what you get, having to put out unnecessary fires🔥 that cost time and resources.
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Manstein, Guderian and Model. Rommel at a tactical (corps) level. No idea how von Rundstedt made your list, your omission of Guderian even more surprising.
There was no rank in the German army called Commander. Sloppy.
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What the hell are Rundstedt and Model doing on your list? Manstein yes but them big no.
Greatest Field Marshalls of Germany and of the entire war are:
Position one: FieldMarshall Von Manstein
Number two: FieldMarshall Albert Kesselring
Number three: Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
Model and sleeping Rundstedt are some of the most overrated of the war.
Hey, nice show. But can't you learn to pronounce famous names with their correct inflections? Not hard to do bro.
gudarian
sie suchen im falschen Buch
Оперативное командование
Паулюс
Танки Гудериан Роммель
Пехота Рундштедт
Авиация Кессельринг
Флот Дениц
Общее командование
Манштейн
USSR has endless human resources, USA has endless money and industry, German smart General is limited
During World War II, especially in the later stages of the conflict, resources became increasingly scarce for Axis powers like Germany. Luxury items like monocles were viewed as symbols of elitism and privilege, which could provoke resentment among civilians facing hardship. Thus, some German officers might have had their monocles smashed by angry civilians as an act of defiance or as a way to express their disdain for the perceived arrogance of the military elite. Additionally, it could have been a form of retaliation for the officers' perceived role in the war and its consequences.
My top 3:
1. Manstein (both defensive and offensive success)
2. Walter Model (Fireman)
3. von Bock (All around good general)
Honorable mentions: Guderian, Rundstedt
Asking me to pick the Best German General is like asking me choose between ice cream, cake, or candy.
Is this speak autogenerated? It has to be. Several things are pronounced quite weird.
And all units on the strategic maps are cavalry units, according to the symbols used. Not that great a video.
All are best for the German Army, but I prefer Rommel from all. Manistine, Guderian and walter Model are next to Rommel.
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What happened to rommel?
Conterversial opinion. Manstein wasn't great. Model, kliest, rommel were better generals. He was definitely good at playing politics. He lost the southern front in russia. He blamed all his failures on hitler to save his image. He also hid his involvement in war crimes and perpetuated a myth of clean Wehrmacht.