Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Manstein akarondedzera murwi weSoviet wepakati seane ushingi 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, chikamu ichocho che "Verlorene Siege" chaive chekuzvishandira, sezvo chakabvumira Manstein kufuratira zviitiko zvinoverengeka, sekudonha kweKiev
muna November 1943, umo akanyengerwa ndokukundwa neStavka.