Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Manheru omusi waJuly 12, Hitler akashevedza Kluge naManstein kuti vauye kudzimbahwe rake kuRastenburg muEast Prussia. Mazuva maviri akanga apfuura, maAllies okuMadokero akanga apinda muSicily
. Kutyisidzira kwokubudazve kweAllied muItaly kana kuti kumaodzanyemba kweFrance kwakaita kuti Hitler adavire kuti zvaikosha kutamisa mauto kubva kuKursk kuenda kuItaly uye kurega kudenha. Kluge akagamuchira mashoko acho nomufaro, sezvo aiziva kuti vaSoviet vakanga vachitanga kurwisa kwakakura munharaunda yake, asi Manstein akanga asinganyanyi kugamuchira. Mauto aManstein akanga achangobva kupedza vhiki achirwisana nomunzvimbo ine masvingo ezvokuzvidzivirira uye aidavira kuti vakanga vava pedyo nokupinda munzvimbo yakazaruka zvikuru, izvo zvaizomubvumira kuti arwise nokuparadza zvombo zvehondo zveSoviet muhondo inofamba. Manstein akataura kuti, "Hatimbofaniri kurega muvengi achiita zvaanoda kutozosvikira apedza kurwisa". Hitler akabvuma kubvumidza kwenguva pfupi kuenderera mberi kwekurwiswa munzvimbo yekumaodzanyemba, asi zuva rakatevera akarayira chengetedzo yaManstein <unk> iyo XXIV Panzer Corps <unk> kuti ifambe kumaodzanyemba kunotsigira 1st Panzer Army. Ikoku kwakabvisa simba iro Manstein aidavira kuti raidikanwa kuti abudirire.