He considered the offensive, as planned, to be a misuse of the panzer forces, as it violated two of the three tenets he had laid out as the essential elements for a successful panzer attack.
Han mente, at den planlagte offensiv var misbrug af panserkræfter, da det krænkede to af de tre principper, han havde lagt ud som de vigtigste elementer for et vellykket panserangreb.