How much more could the Allied planners ask for? Oshima has done them the favor of exposing Hitler’s strategy for the coming months. It only remains now for the order-of-battle experts to pick apart the information relating to the divisions and locations of defense lines that Hitler has given, apply the information to the appropriate front and get the news to the local commanders for action to be taken. It allows the Allies to play “mind games” with the Germans by pressuring them in opposition to German intentions, forcing the Germans to shift reserves away from German goals, and setting up
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