 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Zvinhu zvainge zvaipa kuGermany muhondo zvakanga zvachinja muna December 1941, uye gore rakatevera racho pakurwisana kwakaipisisa kweStalingrad, Manstein akatungamirira basa rakanga rakundikana rokuyamura Operation Winter Storm muna December. Gare gare akazozivikanwa se backhand blow, kupikisa kwaManstein muhondo yechitatu yeKharkovFebruary-March 1943 vakadzorera nharaunda huru uye zvakaguma nokuparadzwa kwemauto eSoviet matatu uye kudzokera shure kwemamwe matatu. Aive mumwe wevakuru vakuru muhondo yeKursk Chikunguru-Nyamavhuvhu 1943. Kusawirirana kwake kwaienderera mberi naHitler pamusoro pokuitwa kwehondo kwakatungamirira kukudzingwa kwake muna March 1944. Haana kuzombowana mumwe mutungamiri uye akabatwa neBritain muna August 1945, mwedzi inoverengeka pashure pokukundwa kweGermany. 