Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Ina ua amata le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi, na avea ai le vaegaʻau a Siamani (OKH) ma vaegaʻau o le taua. Na ō faatasi Heusinger ma le ʻaufaigaluega i le fanua ma fesoasoani i le fuafuaina o gaoioiga mo osofaʻiga a Polani,
O Tenimaka, Nouei, ma Falani ma le atunuu o Netherlands. Na siitia o ia i le tulaga o le kolone i le aso 1 o Aukuso 1940, ma avea ai ma pule o le "Operationsabteilung" ia Oketopa 1940, ma avea ai o ia ma numera tolu i le Army planning hierarchy, ina ua maeʻa le Chief of the General Staff, General Franz Halder, ma le Sui Chief of the General Staff / Chief Quartermaster, General Friedrich Paulus.