Germany's early wartime achievements depended in part on information from Canaris's agent networks. Mechanisation and air power could create rapid movement, but commanders still needed to know where a bold advance was likely to land safely. The image of leaping into the dark explains why operational risk depends on prior knowledge of enemy strength and position. Agent reporting supplied the knowledge on which Blitzkrieg's speed depended.
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The intelligence foundation beneath Blitzkrieg
The video places the Abwehr's agent reporting beneath Germany's early operational successes: rapid advances were viable only when commanders knew where risk could be accepted.