Meanwhile sophisticated deception schemes would draw away and delay the deployment of German reserves.
As the crow flies, the Don lay about five miles from our first line of German reserves.
This was planned to keep German reserves held back from the Gustav line.
The last of the German reserves were sent into the battle, including the supply troops.
A strategic reserve would then move through the gap and destroy the German reserves in open warfare.
In December 1944, Strong identified a large German reserve.
Judging by German reserves at the beginning of the war, the majority of the gold was looted from central banks.
The west-bound lane boiled and boomed with vehicles which were rushing German reserves to the front.
The purpose of their attack on Gommecourt was to draw German reserves away from the south.
It was deemed crucial to the success of the Flanders operation to hold German reserves in the south.