erich von manstein cologne.judged by a british tribunal in the same fifty-fifth, he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison with the wording of insufficient attention to protecting the lives of the civilian population and the use of scorched earth tactics. rudi gerfon manstein defends his father calls the sentence unfair here it is important to note that we found his father absolutely innocent on the most critical points, for example, in the case of the murder of jews. germany had no questions left for him, the british. insists rudigorophone manstein at the suggestion of the united states they simply took revenge on his father for testifying at the nuremberg trials of the forty-fifth , he was brought to nuremberg as a witness, where he was with such sacrifice. with whom he fought, he organized a company to protect former generals, who were declared war criminals by the wehrmacht. as a result, many were found not guilty. this made the americans very angry. and they had leverage over the british in captivity, wh