You are right Art in that EBO is absolutely dependant on understanding the enemy "as a system". Based on the plans of the Army Corps Tactical School of the 1930s the Americans chose the Germans' ball bearing production to be a critical vulnerability. Thus the abortive attacks on Schweinfurt which achieved nothing.
Bottom line - intel is everything, but only when right and on time.
BTW Beagle, it's an urban myth that sugar in fuel tanks kills engines. In reality, the sugar does not dissolve - the only way it will cause problems is if there is enough to block the filter - but sand will achieve just the same objective in this regard. (pedantic mode OFF)