However, Kirponos chose to ignore Bagramyan's viewpoint that the German offensive would employ the lightning speed Blitzkrieg tactics like those seen in the campaigns in Poland in 1939 and Western Europe in 1940.
Međutim, Kirponos je odlučio zanemariti Bagramjanovo gledište da će Nijemci primijeniti taktiku munjevitog Blitzkriega koje su primjenjivali u kampanjama u Poljskoj 1939. i Zapadnoj Europi 1940.