(04-23-2020, 03:48 AM)Dog Soldier Wrote: I would assume that was a night without much moonlight illumination. A full moon would make night navigation very different than your experience.
Many times units which had fought were relieved by units in phases during the night. These type of operations appear from what I have read over the years to go smoothly.
On your first point, yes, of course a full moon can be a very different situation, BUT it is only really helpful to the extent that there is no cloud cover, which in many parts of the world cannot be assumed, especially during certain seasons. So full moon conditions, or anything like them, could only be expected to prevail a rather small percentage of the time.
On your second point, yes, you are correct, but AFAIK both from my reading and personal experience, those types of operations were very carefully "stage managed"--multiple representatives from the unit being relieved would be stationed at various points along the way to guide the new unit into position, and to the extent possible guides from the new unit would coordinate with the unit being relieved on the ground before nightfall, return to their units, and help guide them into the new positions. This is a very different situation from someone blundering around in the dark trying to launch an attack.
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