Etiquette

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There is another aspect to this, which is what occurred prior to the battles being fought. For example, in Normandy the allies had extensive intelligence on troop dispositions and strengths, having had 4 years to gather the data, while the Germans knew very little and in-fact had been duped by Operation Fortitude. While in Smolensk the germans had charged several hundred miles in a month and then met armies it had no idea existed.

Similarly for Moscow, both sides were static for a month prior to the Vyazma campaign but for Operation Typhoon, where Germany had been mobile for sometime, the Russian's probably had a good idea of where the Germans were but the axis much less so, as it was just starting to meet the defenses around Moscow

So how justified a player is in looking at the others dispositions is to some extent depdenent on the lead up to the battle. Maybe, when starting a new scenario, players should consider this in discussions with their opponents on whether to look or not.