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So I'm reading my copy of Sevastopol 1942: Von Manstein's Triumph and came across this little gem:

... on 1 June 1942 Von Manstein was nearly killed aboard an MAS boat that was strafed by two Yak-1 fighters from Sevastopol.

So suppose those two fighters got lucky and nicked ol' Manstein's boat to pieces. How badly would this affect the Third Reich's war effort now that one of its strategic geniuses is dead?
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