Because of his mastery of strategy and tactics, intelligence, quick response and superhuman military imagination, Manstein was recognized as the most capable commander in the German army, and some people commented that he was the best general in World War II. Even his notorious Nazi identity can't hide his military talent. He stood out among many German generals and even the whole forest of World War II, because he was both a military genius and a military generalist.
After the outbreak of World War II, he assisted Marshal Lunstead to command the German army to quickly sweep Poland and capture Warsaw, giving full play to the role of the Chief of Staff. What really made him famous in the world was his battle plan of invading France, the famous "Manstein Plan". It was according to this bold plan that the German army quickly attacked northern France (crossing the Ardennes) with tanks, giving full play to the power of "blitzkrieg"-the German army defeated the British and French allied forces in six weeks, invaded the Netherlands and Belgium, and conquered France, which is known as "the first military power in Europe". Since then, manstein has become one of the best strategists in the history of European wars, although he served the war of aggression.
Many strategists are only suitable for strategizing, and manstein is not worse than him in personally leading the troops in making battle plans. As a front-line commander, he suffered repeated defeats in the wars of invading the Soviet Union, especially the Crimean War, which caused heavy losses to the Soviet Union. Even though the German army suffered repeated defeats in the Soviet-German battlefield, his troops could still resist the Soviet attack and win, which is rare in military history. It is more appropriate to compare Manstein to a sword of German Blitzkrieg.