Erich von Manstein [SEP] cause of death
with entourage.
Erich von Manstein died of a stroke on the night of 9 June 1973 at the age of 85. As the last but one surviving German field marshal (Ferdinand Schörner died 2 July 1973), he was buried with full military honours, his funeral being attended by hundreds of soldiers of all ranks. In Manstein's obituary, "Spiegel" magazine said, "He assisted in the march to catastrophe—misled by a blind sense of duty."
Awards.
- Iron Cross of 1914
- Nazi authorities decreed that for every German soldier killed in occupied territories, 50 to 100 communists were to be shot.
September 17, 1941 (Wednesday).
- The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran concluded. Great Britain and the Soviet Union set up a joint occupation of the country.
- Erich von Manstein took command of the German 11th Army following the death of Eugen Ritter von Schobert.
- Listening to foreign radio in the German Reich became punishable by death.
- The British government