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What happened to Manstein and Guderian after WW2?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Von Manstein:
In 1949 he was brought on trial in Hamburg for war crimes, which convicted him of "Neglecting to protect civilian lives" and for using scorched earth tactics denying vital food supplies to the local population. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison, which was later reduced to 12. Although claiming to not know about the Holocaust, von Manstein nevertheless showed a callous disregard for the plights of Jews, equating Partisans and Jews and advocated stern measures against both groups. After release from British prison in 1953, he became a military advisor for the West German Government.

Guderian:
So far as I've been able to tell, Guderian spent the remainder of his life writing memoirs and interviewing historians and allied military strategists.