 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuda kweHondo yeKerch Peninsula, yakatangwa musi wa 8 May 1942, Hitler pakupedzisira akapa Manstein rutsigiro rukuru rwemhepo. Mauto e11 akanga ari mashoma pamunda, saka Manstein akavaita kuti vaedzesere kurwisa kuchamhembe apo simba guru rakarwisa kumaodzanyemba. Mauto eSoviet nokukurumidza akatiza. Manstein akanyora mumashoko ake okuyeuka nezvokutorwa kwevasungwa 170 000, pfuti 1 133 uye matangi 258. Kerch yakatorwa musi waMay 16. Wehrmacht yakarasikirwa nevarume 8.000 bedzi. 