@GoodBoyUV @Punished_Potatus @NailBomb yeah i just checked the timeline and this is what i remember. it led to the kiev encirclement. hitler was incapacitated during the first two weeks of august.

according to zogopedia:
"On 18 August, the OKH submitted a strategic survey (Denkschrift) to Hitler, regarding the continuation of operations in the East. The paper made the case for the drive to Moscow, arguing once again that Army Groups North and South were strong enough to accomplish their objectives without any assistance from Army Group Center. It pointed out that there was enough time left before winter to conduct only a single decisive operation against Moscow.[11]

On 20 August, Hitler rejected the proposal based on the idea that the most important objective was to deprive the Soviet Union of its industrial areas. On 21 August, Alfred Jodl of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) issued a directive, which summarized Hitler's instructions, to Walther von Brauchitsch, commander-in-chief of the Army."

of course the real version is, as we know, they were doing whatever they wanted without checking with hitler, especially while he was unable to supervise them