CLOSED:CM tFB Battle for Chaumont Axis oponent sought

[burroughs]

Yeah, sorry for the belated reply - the reason is the fog of war. Otherwise it's much like playing chess which is a game of calculations so I don't play chess not being a human computer in a direct meaning of the term. A field commander even on a tactical level rarely ever has a full access to the OpFor characteristics. Of course , the other thing is what is being done with that, but still Monty didn't inspect Heeresgruppe "B" in detail prior to Market-Garden. Actually quite opposite - he refused to give credit to reconnaissance and intelligence reports with a well-known result.
That sort of reason ... even though the example is from operational to strategic level.