Scenario designers- how much research do you do?

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Hoplitis, I heard that's especially an issue with the Arab-Isreali wars. It can get ridiculous. I've heard that they often understate their losses in certain battles by 9/10!

I wish I had acess to the military archives, Pyros, but I'm 14 years old and my parents won't really buy any of that stuff. As for the web, is there any specific things you can do to speed your research? Or do you just type in "Soviet offensives into Panjshir Valley" or something and hope to find a good site? Are there any sites out there that consistently produce a lot of good battle info?