In fact, head of Army General Staff General Franz Halder had been dismissed in September after his efforts to warn about the danger which was developing along the over-extended flanks of the Sixth Army and the Fourth Panzer Army.
Ustvari, zapovjednik Glavnog stožera vojske general Franz Halder je u rujnu bio smijenjen s dužnosti nakon pokušaja da upozori na moguću opasnost kojoj bi zbog prevelike raširenosti bojišta mogla biti izložena Šesta armija i 4. tenkovska armija.