 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mubatanidzwa wemamiriro okunze akaipa, nharo dzemachinda ake, uye kutyora kuchengeteka apo mashoko echirongwa chepakutanga akawira mumaoko eAllied, pakupedzisira akaita kuti Hitler abvumirane kunonoka kurwisa kusvika kutanga kwa1940, apo yakanonoka zvakare nekupinda kweDenmark neNorway. Muna February, Hitler pakupedzisira akagamuchira Gadziriro yaManstein. Mauto e4 aGeneral Günther von Kluge ne2nd Army yaGeneral Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs akaendeswa kubva kuArmy Group B kuenda kuRundstedts command. General Ewald von Kleist akanga ava kutungamirira Panzer Armored Group Kleist, yaiumbwa nemapoka matatu ehondo, aitungamirirwa naHeinz Guderian, Georg-Hans Reinhardt naHermann Hoth. Aya mapoka ehondo akanga achizova musoro wepfumo wechiGermany pakupinda muFrance. Kunyange zvazvo Manstein achiwanzorumbidzwa nokuda kwokuchinja zvirongwa, iye amene akabvuma basa rinokosha raRundstedt. Ndinoda kusimbisa kuti mutungamiriri wangu, Colonel-General von Rundstedt, akabvumirana nemaonero angu nguva dzose, uye akatsigira kurumbidza kwedu zvizere. Pasina kutendera kwake tingadai tisina kutongokwanisa kupfuuridzira kuedza kwedu kuchinja ndangariro yaOKW. 