Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mitambo yehondo yakaitwa na "Generalmajor" (Major-General) Kurt von Tippelskirch, mukuru wezvekuchenjera kwemauto uye Oberst Ulrich Liss we "Fremde Heere West" (FHW, Mauto Ekunze Kumadokero), vakaedza pfungwa yekurwisa kuburikidza neArdennes. Liss akafunga kuti kuita nokukurumidza kwakanga kusingagoni kukarirwa kubva ku"muFrench akarongeka kana kuti muChirungu anorema" uye akashandisa nzira dzeFrench neBritish, idzo dzisina kugovera kushamisika uye dzakaita zvishoma nezvishoma, apo imwe yakasimuka. Migumisiro yemitambo yehondo yakanyengetedza Halder kuti zano reArdennes raigona kushanda, kunyange zvazvo iye navamwe vatungamiriri vazhinji vakanga vachiri kutarisira kuti raizokundikana. May akanyora kuti pasina kuvimbiswa kwokuongorora kworuzivo nemigumisiro yemitambo yehondo, bviro yokuti Germany igamuchire shanduro yokupedzisira ye"Fall Gelb" ingadai yakava iri kure. Shanduro yeFrance yeDyle-Breda yehurongwa hweAllied hwekutumira, yaive yakavakirwa pakufungidzira chaiko kwezvinangwa zveGerman, kudzamara kunonoka kunokonzerwa nemamiriro ekunze echando uye kushamisika kweMechelen Chiitiko kwakatungamira mukudzokororwa kukuru kwe "Fall Gelb". VaFrench vakatsvaka kuvimbisa vaBritain kuti vaizoshanda kudzivisa "Luftwaffe" kushandisa zvigadziko muNetherlands nomumupata weMeuse uye kukurudzira hurumende dzeBelgian neDutch. Zvinhu zvematongerwo enyika-zvematongerwo enyika zvehurongwa hwacho zvakasimbisa kufunga kweFrance uye Hondo yeFake yakatungamira kuzvikumbiro zvekurwisa kweAllied muScandinavia kana muBalkan uye chirongwa chekutanga hondo neUSSR. Kuchinja kwomuenzaniso weDyle-Breda kungatungamirira kukubviswa kwemauto kuWestern Front.