Manstein, full name Fritz Erich von Manstein, (1887- 1973), a German strategist and strategist, was the first of the three generals, and was called "Earl of Lightning". 1September, 939, Germany launched a surprise attack on Poland. Under the command of manstein, the Germans continuously surrounded the main force of the Polish army and surrounded Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Under the bombardment of artillery and air force, Poland was forced to surrender, with only 30 thousand German casualties. After the Battle of Poland, Manstein made the famous "Manstein Plan" to invade France. Manstein's plan fully demonstrated his own unique creativity and blitzkrieg thought. According to the plan, the Germans will concentrate their armored forces through the Ardennes forest, quickly occupy the bridgehead of the Maas River, and attack maginot line eastward to cut off the French army in the north. In this battle, the German armor swept down, and France and other allied forces collapsed across the board and soon fell. Manstein was promoted to general and was awarded a knight's medal. 1941From June 22nd to 26th, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, manstein's armored forces advanced 320km into the Soviet Union, captured the bridge on the Dona River and almost rushed into Leningrad, winning him the title of "Earl of Lightning".

Second place: Rommel

Rommel's full name is Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (189 1- 1944), a famous German field marshal in World War II, known as the "desert fox", a German soldier who was born in the middle class and never went to the staff school. After the outbreak of World War II, Rommel, as one of the commanders of the German high command, was highly valued by Hitler. 1940 From May to June, in the war of aggression that raided Western Europe, Rommel commanded the German 7th Armored Division to charge ahead, first Belgium, then Alas and Somme, and finally reached the west coast of France, and was called "the devil's division" by the French. 1941February, Hitler appointed Rommel as the commander of the "German African Army" and went to North Africa to rescue the allied Italian army. Based on the conclusion that "attack is the best defense", he changed the order of "defense lines" and commanded armored forces to brave the desert storm and advance at full speed, which made the British army unprepared and losing ground, approaching Alexandria and Suez. Rommel became famous in World War I, won the reputation of "the fox in the desert" and was promoted to marshal.

Third place: guderian.

Guderian's full name is heinz wilhelm guderian (1888- 1954), a first-class general in the German Army, an outstanding strategist, military theorist and commander-in-chief, an advocate of armored warfare, and the founder of the famous army tactic "Blitzkrieg", and he is known as "the father of German armored forces". Guderian's blitzkrieg and armored cluster occupied the whole Polish territory in only one month, and defeated the French army in more than one month. The German high command, including Hitler, was shocked by the great achievements made by armored forces in high-speed attack. In order to prevent the French army from launching a flank counterattack, the tank was urgently stopped. If not, 330,000 British and French troops may be completely destroyed by him.