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battle where the viewpoint characters don't know everything
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Truth in television: Tolkien, as a communications officer in combat, knew very well about the 'fog of war' and the fact that participants don't know anything about what's going on beyond what they can see (not much), and the commanders know little more than whatever messages might reach them (usually late and garbled).
A problem with the movie trilogy throughout is that everyone always knows too much.