dhameystir weedha soo socota: Manstein wuxuu ku tilmaamay askariga Soviet-ka ee caadiga ah mid geesi ah laakin aan hogaamin wanaagsan lahayn. Isagoo u muujiyay saraakiisha Soviet-ka inay yihiin kuwo aan waxqabad lahayn, wuxuu sawiray dagaalka Bariga Bari sida ciidan Jarmal ah oo aad uga sarreeya awoodda dagaalka oo si joogto ah u garaacaya cadowga ka sarreeya tirada oo keliya. Sida laga soo xigtay "The Myth of the Eastern Front" oo ay qoreen Ronald Smelser iyo Edward J. Davies, muuqaalkaas "Verlorene Siege" wuxuu ahaa mid naftiisa u adeegaya, maadaama ay u oggolaatay Manstein inuu iska indhatiro dhowr jeer, sida
Kiev bishii Nofembar 1943, kaas oo uu ku khiyaameeyay kana adkaaday Stavka.