Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Manheru omusi waJuly 12, Hitler akashevedza Kluge naManstein kudzimbahwe rake raiva kuRastenburg muEast Prussia. Mazuva maviri pamberi pezvi, vaWestern Allies vakanga
vakapinda muSicily. Kutyisidzira kwokubudazve kweAllied muItaly kana kuti kumaodzanyemba kweFrance kwakaita kuti Hitler adavire kuti zvaikosha kutamisa mauto kubva kuKursk kuenda kuItaly uye kurega kurwisa. 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.