Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Rundstedt akabviswa pabasa rake naHitler musi wa2 Chikunguru 1944, mushure mekunge ataura kuti Germany inofanira kuzvipira, uye akatsiviwa saOB West naKluge. Blumentritt akashanda saChief of Staff pasi paKluge panguva yeAnglo-Canadian offensive pa
Caen nokurwa muFalaise Pocket. Zvisinei, muna July 1944, Blumentritt akabatanidzwa, pamwe chete naKluge, muchirongwa chaJuly 1944 chokuponda Hitler; urongwa hwakakundikana, zvichiguma nekusungwa kwevakuru vakuru vehondo vakawanda. Blumentritt pachake akabviswa pachinzvimbo chake (uye Kluge akazviuraya musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu), asi akapona mukuchenesa nekuti Hitler haana kumutenda kuti ane mhosva, uyezve akazomupa Knight's Cross yeIron Cross ("Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes") nekuda kwemabasa ake.