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On Sun. 18 Feb 1940 German Army General Franz Halder, reluctantly, as.....

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German Army General Franz Halder, reluctantly, as ordered by Adolf Hitler, incorporated General Erich von Manstein's planned thrust through the Ardennes Forest into the invasion plans for France.

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