What is Erich von Manstein?
{{EngvarB|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Erich von Manstein | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H01757, Erich von Manstein.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Manstein in 1938 | birth_name = Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski | birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|11|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|6|9|1887|11|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Icking|Irschenhausen]], [[Bavaria]], [[West Germany]] | placeofburial = [[Dorfmark]], [[Bad Fallingbostel]] | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}}--> | allegiance = {{plainlist | * [[German Empire]] (1906–1918) * [[Weimar Republic]] (1918–1933) * [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1944) * [[West Germany]] (1949–1956, as a NATO adviser){{sfn|Knopp|2003|p=139}} }} | branch = {{plainlist | * [[Imperial German Army]] * ''[[Reichswehr]]'' * ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' }} | serviceyears = 1906–44<br/>1949–56 | rank = ''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]'' | unit = | commands = {{plainlist | * [[18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|18th Infantry Division]] * [[XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXXVIII Army Corps]] * [[LVI Panzer Corps (Germany)|LVI Panzer Corps]] * [[11th Army (Wehrmacht)|11th Army]] * [[Army Group Don]] * [[Army Group South]] }} | battles = {{plainlist | * [[World War I]]{{hr}} ; [[World War II]] : [[Invasion of Poland]] : [[Battle of France]] : [[Operation Barbarossa]] : [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)|Siege of Sevastopol]] : [[Siege of Leningrad]] : [[Battle of Stalingrad]] : [[Operation Gallop]] : [[Third Battle of Kharkov]] : [[Battle of Kursk]] : [[Battle of the Dnieper|Dnieper Campaign]] : [[Battle of the Kerch Peninsula]] : [[Battle of the Sea of Azov]] }} | awards = [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords]] | spouse = {{marriage|Jutta Sibylle von Loesc