Ian_W
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Except for Normandy all the examples were of the defenders outnumbering the attackers and the attackers having worse supply, with the exception of Moscow in October, but the weather was a serious factor there. Normandy was also proof of the Allies being able to overpower fix positions by masses of greater firepower and manpower. Anyway there were any number of factors in each of those situations beyond defensive terrain lines that determined the outcome.
I'd really double check on the Bagration offensive. The Soviet plan was sound as was their deception, but their success and in fact even their successful deception efforts were a function of their grossly larger numbers and the Allied offensive in Normandy drawing off the German strategic reserve. Operation Point Blank was mostly a function of the greater reserves of the Allied air forces grinding the Luftwaffe down to dust.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointblank_directive
Wiking,
On the German surrender, there were 400 000 German troops in Norway.
Some of them being used on more active fronts might possibly have been a plan.
Regarding Bagration, to realise how stupid you sound, I've edited your comment to be about another battle.
"I'd really double check on the 1940 Ardennes offensive. The German plan was sound as was their deception, but their success and in fact even their successful deception efforts were a function of their grossly larger numbers and the German offensive in Belgium drawing off the Allied strategic reserve. "