# If The Germans Did Not Fight The Battle of Kursk

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 17, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-germans-did-not-fight-the-battle-of-kursk/609800 "2012-01-17T15:33:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-germans-did-not-fight-the-battle-of-kursk/609800/21 "2012-01-20T17:46:09Z")

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> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> Not sure if I should quote a book of fiction but in Herman Wouk’s “War and Remembrance” the fictional Armin von Roon says that Manstein accepted command of this battle like a top notch actor will accept a bad script, convinced that his talent can make it work.

I’ve said this before but I suspect Manstein edited his personal role in the war. He had the advantage of living until 1973 while people like Hitler, Keitel, and Jodl were all dead by 1946. So it was easy for Manstein to take credit for all the plans that had worked and pass the blame for all the plans that had failed on to other people who were unable to respond.

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