Depends; if you have them selected, preparation is one of the blue bars next to their XP bar & entrenchment bar, on the left side. (Assuming you meant besides hovering over the Activate plan button on top of the army portrait at the bottom and looking for the "-20% still preparing")
no thats dumb... I fight with germany all over 3 continents, I dont see when every battle is fought and over and then I lose important time, my tanks could be already going deeper into the enemy's territory. Sure I can live without, but at least give us the CHOICE to enable messages or not, like in ANY OTHER paradox gs game...
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