 Editor in Chief Bill   | 24 Dec 2021 9:44 p.m. PST |
What must a general never assume? |
DisasterWargamer  | 24 Dec 2021 9:52 p.m. PST |
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| smithsco | 24 Dec 2021 9:59 p.m. PST |
His intelligence and reconnaissance are completely accurate |
| Chimpy | 24 Dec 2021 10:50 p.m. PST |
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 Herkybird | 25 Dec 2021 3:01 a.m. PST |
…that the enemy will fall for his Cunning Plan! |
| Wargamer Blue | 25 Dec 2021 3:13 a.m. PST |
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| Redcurrant | 25 Dec 2021 3:25 a.m. PST |
That his opponent does not also have his own cunning plan. |
| Griefbringer | 25 Dec 2021 4:39 a.m. PST |
… that his own army will understand his cunning plan. |
| Kropotkin303 | 25 Dec 2021 4:42 a.m. PST |
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| advocate | 25 Dec 2021 6:32 a.m. PST |
… the weather
… his opponent will react the way the general wants him to |
| 79thPA | 25 Dec 2021 8:20 a.m. PST |
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| rustymusket | 25 Dec 2021 9:02 a.m. PST |
He has planned for every possibility. |
 ColCampbell | 25 Dec 2021 9:06 a.m. PST |
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| TMPWargamerabbit | 25 Dec 2021 10:50 a.m. PST |
Opponent reading the rules of….. ( fill in blank). |
| 14Bore | 25 Dec 2021 10:57 a.m. PST |
Subordinates have a brain to share between them |
| Perris0707 | 25 Dec 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
79th PA pretty much nailed it. |
| Wackmole9 | 25 Dec 2021 12:27 p.m. PST |
that his plan will survive contract with the Enemy. |
| Korvessa | 25 Dec 2021 1:22 p.m. PST |
political allies after winning a battle |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 25 Dec 2021 3:25 p.m. PST |
That his first, most basic assumption isn't a pile of ____ (fill in the blank). TVAG |
| Old Glory | 25 Dec 2021 4:00 p.m. PST |
In real war --- that his opponents are unwilling, unprepared, undedicated, unequipped, stupid cowards. Russ Dunaway |
 Dye4minis | 25 Dec 2021 11:15 p.m. PST |
That his staff knows where his subordinate commands are and that their commanders will follow his directions to the best of their ability. Also, that they realize what to do if they are unable to carry out his orders. And one last one, that his subordinate commanders provide valuable and timely upward flow of communication back to him. We wargamers have that 1,000 foot high view and can see everything thus few have rules for the upward flow of communication. 20% of the Command and Control function: Commanding element; Commanded element; downward flow of communication (we do all that pretty well); upward flow of communication (My beef here) and finally Friction at all levels. THAT is command and control for all periods. (Not a command radius.) |
 etotheipi | 26 Dec 2021 5:23 a.m. PST |
… his fingers and toes in public. That is, along with information you must provide image, to everyone associated with (not just in) the battle. Don't rely on the assumption that everyone thinks you and your plan are as awesome as you think. This is the first challenge of leadership. Everyone may want the same information from you, but the don't want the same image of you. Some people's image of you is only tenuously associated with your actual behaviour and words or facts, for better or worse – both ways are a problem. |
| David Manley | 26 Dec 2021 6:04 a.m. PST |
history remembering him fondly |
| Repiqueone | 26 Dec 2021 9:25 a.m. PST |
An abacus when better tools are available. |
| Frederick | 26 Dec 2021 2:18 p.m. PST |
His assumptions about the enemy |
| SpuriousMilius | 31 Dec 2021 9:55 a.m. PST |
"No plan of battle survives contact with the enemy." |
