Minkä ikäisenä Erich von Manstein kuoli?
On Manstein's 80th birthday, he received congratulations from the "Bundeswehr"s supreme high commander, General Ulrich de Maizière, 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."
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