Allied Intelligence's Role In WWII

Intelligence is the related tasks and systems that facilitate understanding the enemy, terrain, weather, civil considerations, and other significant aspects of an operational environment. The big key factors that were used in this battle was the terrain, weather and roads. Hitler wanted to use the Ardenne Mountains because in May of 1940 he had gambled on a surprise attack through the dense Ardennes Forest into Belgium and France and had won a stunning victory (HistoryNet Editor, 2007). He was hoping history would repeat itself and catch the Allies by surprise and it ended up working. The Germans also used the weather to their advantage because they knew they could attack the allies without having to worry about the Air Force if there was a
The movement of the Third and First U.S. Armies was an important part in closing off the Germans from the Western front and surrounding them. The Allied intelligence predicted what terrain advantages the Germans were aiming for and that allowed them to protect those parts. The fires of the American artillery slowed the Germans from advancing by blocking the roads with blown up vehicles. Sustainment from the Air Force allowed advantages from the air and resupply of weapons and with that resupply the Army was able to protect key roads and towns. The most important function of them all was mission command because if Eisenhower had not reacted with a full scale plan to cut the Germans off then nothing else would have taken place. If Hitler had not made the huge mistake that he did there is no guess where the war had been directed. This battle is the most influential battle of World War II because it is the Germans last full scale attack they would commit until the end of the war. These functions aided in defeating the Germans because of the leaders that made the decisions, how the Army closed in on the Germans, and the protection of valued assets due to resupplyment and military