That's wild. TIL; thanks for sharing. That appears to be an epic failure of all kinds of intelligence on both sides of the war.

And, it's a miracle the gaffe was not explained away as a "strategic master stroke" psyop engineered by the British to fool the other side and lull them into complacency.

> Side 1: Henlo world, look our people are here, about to surprise-attack Side 2, at this surprise location, at this time.

> Side 2: Lol. Not falling for that.

> Narrator: This is all totally absurd, and totally real of course.

> Side 1: Goes ahead with globally broadcasted secret plan anyway.

> Side 2: FML.

> Side 1: After the dust settles. "Psych! Master-Stroke!".

Also, pray tell why is everything (supposedly) "done" by those in positions of power framed as "strategic master stroke"s these days? I suppose only hyperbole makes sense, in a zeitgeist where "leadership" behaviour is jerk, knee-jerk, reactionary-by-default... epileptic.