Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Manstein akaratidza musoja weSoviet wepakati nepakati somunhu akashinga asi asina kutungamirirwa zvakanaka. Achiratidza uto revakuru veSoviet serisina kukwanisa kuita basa, akarondedzera hondo yaiva kuEastern Front seuto reGermany rakanga rakanyanya kukunda mune zvokurwisana richidzvinyirirwa nguva dzose nomuvengi akanga ari mukuru bedzi muchiverengero. Maererano ne "The Myth of the Eastern Front" naRonald Smelser naEdward J. Davies, rutivi irworwo rwe "Verlorene Siege" rwaive rwekuzvishandira, sezvo rwakabvumira Manstein kufuratira zviitiko zvinoverengeka, zvakadai se
Kuwa kweKiev muna November 1943, umo iye akanyengerwa ndokukundwa neStavka.