Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaahuahia e Manstein te hoia Soviet toharite hei toa engari he kino te arahi. I a ia e whakaahua ana i te ope rangatira o te Soviet he tino koretake, i whakaahuatia e ia te pakanga i te Raki o te Rāwhiti hei ope Tiamana nui ake i roto i te kaha whawhai e kaha ana ki te patu i te hoariri nui ake i te maha. E ai ki te "The Myth of the Eastern Front" na Ronald Smelser raua ko Edward J. Davies, ko taua ahuatanga o te "Verlorene Siege" he whaiaro, na te mea i ahei a Manstein ki te kore e aro ki etahi waa, penei i te
I hinga a Kiev i te marama o Noema 1943, i tinihangatia ia, ka hinga i te Stavka.