Shortly after the upheaval associated with the assassination attempt, Blumentritt returned to his position as Chief of Staff of OB West, first under "Generalfeldmarshall" Walter Model, then once again under Rundstedt when he was restored to command. However, he now served as a field commander rather than a staff officer, as he had been removed from his post as Chief of Staff and given a combat command and after being shuffled around to the LXXXVI "Armeekorps" and the LVII "Panzerkorps", he was tapped as leader of "Corps Group Blumentritt" consisting of the XII SS "Armeekorps" (made up of the 176. "Infantrie" under "Oberst" Landau and the 183. "Volksgrenadier" under "General" Lange).