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In the initial OKH draft for the attack against France, Army Group B was assigned the Schwerpunkt role, but the intervention by senior officers (notably Erich von Manstein) from its southern neighbor, Army Group A, resulted in a shift in the German planning starting in January to February 1940. Army Group A was now accorded the operational focus, and Army Group B became a formation with a support and auxiliary role. With 29 1/3 divisions, it was clearly

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