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To: EternalVigilance; Steven Scharf

Both the Times and the German maps are incorrect. The French have not crossed the Rhine, unless it’s to send over a few patrols. There will be no bridgeheads over the Rhine this winter. And the German situation maps are fun to read but sometimes inaccurate. I’ve found a few errors in the past so as to details on positions they should be taken with a grain of salt. I would guess that the main reasons for this are that the information is being garbled as it goes up the chain of command, as Nazi Germany approaches the end, there is an increasing breakdown and disintegration of command and communications networks, and finally the people giving the information want to put a positive spin on it for Hitler.

The best uses for the German maps is for identification of their units and for those ocasions where they show their intelligence estimates of Allied forces.


17 posted on 11/21/2014 10:13:23 AM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: henkster

Nice to know my memory isn’t clear gone. ;-)


21 posted on 11/21/2014 10:52:08 AM PST by EternalVigilance ('Executive amnesty' is a euphemism for treason.)
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