Erich von Manstein
In 1942, three other men were promoted—"Wüstenfuchs" (desert fox) Erwin Rommel (22 June) for the siege of Tobruk, Erich von Manstein (30 June) for the Siege of Sevastopol and Georg von Küchler (30 June) for his success as "Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe Nord" ("commander-in-chief of Army Group North").