(March 28, 2016 at 6:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Funny that the Western Allies failed to see that. No. Give Hitler his due. He weeded out the old Prussian war horses and let the younger officers (Guderian, Rommel and, perhaps most of all Von Manstein) who had impressed him with their ideas have their head. Manstein's initial plan for Fall Gelb was rejected by the staff officers but Hitler backed it.
But he already intervened in 1940 when he forbid Guderian to push for Dunkerk. Luckily for the world, it was only the first major mistake in a long row of disastrous tactical interventions.