ABSTRACT
By the early part of July, Colonel Ritgen must have thought he had a jolly good chance of meeting the deadline of his wedding on 2 August. Things were going very well, but of course, this was reflected too at OKH where they were quite convinced the war was won and things were going marvelously well. Hitler, for once was not interfering very much. He seemed fairly happy. He was sitting back planning what to do when the peace arrived.
