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This is an interesting peek at the conflict between operational security and administrative efficiency. A dozen years of Canada in Afghanistan ingrained secrecy into all readily accessible information; do not disclose anything that the enemy might use to gauge the effectiveness of his weapons. If there was an IED attack, the public statements concentrated on the fatalities only, with scarcely a mention of wounded or vehicle casualties. There is still no official casualty statement from Afghanistan beyond deaths. Researchers or curious historians have only guessed at the ratio of dead to wounded.

Contrast that to WWII with daily traffic, hopefully in code, on personnel and equipment strengths. If (and assuming yes), the Germans knew Allied codes, they would have received daily feedback on where their actions had been more or less successful. The difficulty with operational discretion is it limits how quickly the necessary logistics train can react. After any regiment was in battle, the resupply and replacement system was engaged almost immediately. Lose ten tanks, their share of the available tanks get pushed forward as soon as possible. Someone else loses twenty, the first unit might be shorted temporarily to keep the harder hit unit combat capable. In other words, share the burden.