Why is he rated so highly?
Why is he rated so highly?
Isaac Butler
Matthew Kelly
Because Rommel is the desert fox because he defeated the english army in egypt
Wyatt Davis
No, he was defeated in egypt, he did beat them in Libya though,and kicked the US army about at Kesserine pass
Asher Hall
Probably because of how humanly he treated POWs and the like. Apparently he was just a generally good person who could outsmart most English and American commanders who didn't do any more than give their men general orders and not really do any leading, unlike Rommel who was constantly at the front directing.
Lucas Adams
>What's up fellow Non-Jews?
Brody Thomas
You guys do realize that's a picture of Manstein, not Rommel, right?
Some of it is exaggeration; for a long time, the only major source of Manstein's campaigning were Manstein's own memoirs, and the guy was a huge believer that he was the greatest general of the war, and one of the leading proponents of "We could have won the war if only Hitler wasn't an idiot tying our hands".
That being said, he was a very good general, if not the infallible military genius he presents himself as. His campaigning espeically in the close of winter and spring of 1943 managed to stabilize a front that had been in the process of collapse and even regain the initiative at points. He was a highly, highly skilled general in what was probably the single biggest and most intense period of the war. He also came up with a lot of the planning for Fall Gelb, and that was a huge success.
Hunter Lewis
This. He was a great operational commander, probably the best in the war, if not then one of the best. He wasnt perfect though, and like all commanders he made mistakes. If im not mistaken he was at least partially responsible for citadels failure. That being said he is leagues better than Rommel, one of the most overrated commanders ever. Being humane doesnt make you good.
Camden Watson
Guderian was the greatest general of the war.
The Nazis owe much of their early success to him.
Logan Nelson
Not him, but not really. Guderian was an amazing military theoretician, but as a field commander he was above average at best, and fairly erratic. He also was possibly even more self-aggrandizing than Manstein was, exaggerating his accomplishments hugely (first to the Atlantic, my ass.)
Manstein deserves a hell of a lot more credit for France than Guderian does.
Brayden Wright
I think manstein had a lot more say in fall gelb than guderian did. I agree that guderian was one of the better commanders in the war, just not better than manstein.