The air battles The Luftwaffe's priorities shifted time and
again, usually connected to the odds on the ground. At the 14th
of May the positions of the French at the region Sedan had
become the centre-point of Luftwaffe operations. Virtually the
entire tactically employed airforce was focussed on that
theatre. The German supreme command had in the late evening of
the 13th demanded the quickest possible decision in the Dutch
theatre. The army units involved were urgently required as
operational reserves in the Belgian theatre and the Luftwaffe
strongly desired the front-width to be minimized. The loss of
about 1,000 planes thusfar stretched their decreasing capacity
over an ever deeper and wider front. In order to facilitate the
ground forces in Holland deciding things, KG.30 [Ju-88] and
KG.54 [He-111] were dedicated to the Dutch theatre for the 14th.
The latter was specifically shifted from the central front in
Belgium - and resupplied with replacement Heinkels - to execute
the planned decisive air offensive