Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I tukuna a Rundstedt mai i tana whakahau e Hitler i te 2 o Hurae 1944, i muri i tana whakaaro kia tukua a Tiamana, a ka whakakapihia hei OB West e Kluge. I mahi a Blumentritt hei Tumuaki o te Kaimahi i raro i a Kluge i te whakaeke a Anglo-Canadian ki Caen
me te whawhai i te Pocket Falaise. Heoi, i te Hurae 1944, i whakauruhia a Blumentritt, me Kluge, ki te whakatikatika o Hurae 1944 ki te patu i a Hitler; i rahua te mahere, i mau ai te hopukina o nga rangatira ope taua. I nekehia a Blumentritt i tana tuunga (a i mate a Kluge i te 17 o Akuhata), engari i ora ia i te puranga na te mea kaore a Hitler i whakapono he hara ia, ana i muri mai ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ("Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes") mo ana ratonga.