What did you expect? To let the Germans take out the three leaders with one stroke?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- What did you expect? Let the Germans eliminate three leaders at once?
- In plain terms
- The plan was unrealistic; you couldn’t expect a single strike to kill all three.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid over‑optimistic assumptions in strategy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can planners test the plausibility of a plan?
- What signs indicate an over‑optimistic view?
Another view
The quote lacks detail on why the expectation was unreasonable.
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