So I really don't get why they would make them secret.
It's helpful to know the ford depths of a river crossing before you get there with your tanks.
Take a fanciful example. One could not, say, send a U.S. Army survey team to measure the depth of the Orne before the allies landed in Normandy. The Germans would really object to that kind of thing.
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So I really don't get why they would make them secret.
It's helpful to know the ford depths of a river crossing before you get there with your tanks.
Take a fanciful example. One could not, say, send a U.S. Army survey team to measure the depth of the Orne before the allies landed in Normandy. The Germans would really object to that kind of thing.
Properly not with tanks. But one old guy with a fishing pole in a boat?
We're getting into 'what-if' territory.