How do you define Strategy?
Intel isn't strategy, it's intel and proper intel analysis, which in military units is its own department.
Strategy requires making certain assumptions about the opponent, that includes combat doctrine, logistics, capabilities, morale, terrain and meteorological conditions.
An example of strategic planning would be Operation Market Garden:
September, 1944.
The Allied forces, under protective cover of air superiority, advanced from the beaches and nearly pushed the German forces out of France. Many of the Axis units were surrounded and destroyed in the Failaise Pocket and most were in retreat.
From the Allied standpoint, the Germans were beaten and they would be facing "old men and boys" and would "end the war before Christmas".
From the German point of view, they wondered why the Allies didn't push when the German forces were retreating in disarray. The Germans also expected Eisenhower to appoint General Patton to plan the assault, not Montgomery.
Operation Market Garden suffered from severe strategic decisions, such as crucial logistical lines. The British captured the port of Antwerp but the Germans controlled the estuary leading to the port, leaving hundreds of supply ships waiting until November to drop their cargo. The supplies that would have gone to driving the German Army from the estuary was diverted to Operation Market Garden, which would have benefited from a nearby source of supplies. The failure to open the ports in Antwerp have been called "One of the greatest tactical mistakes of the war." Other important ports on the English Channel coast, such as Dunkirk, remained in German hands until May 1945.
Field Marshal Montgomery: "in years to come it will be a great thing for a man to be able to say: 'I fought at Arnhem'. Market Garden was '90% successful.'"
"It was a bad mistake on my part – I underestimated the difficulties of opening up the approaches to Antwerp ... I reckoned the Canadian Army could do it while we were going for the Ruhr. I was wrong ............. In my — prejudiced — view, if the operation had been properly backed from its inception, and given the aircraft, ground forces, and administrative resources necessary for the job, it would have succeeded in
spite of my mistakes, or the adverse weather, or the presence of the 2nd SS Panzer Corps in the Arnhem area. I remain Market Garden's unrepentant advocate."
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Arnhem Bridge