...clear-cut as that. In many cases the monuments can be spared without any detriment to operational needs. Nothing can stand against the argument of military...do not want it to cloak slackness or indifference. It is a responsibility of higher commanders to determine through AMG Officers the locations of historical...

...detriment to operational needs. Nothing can stand against the argument of military necessity. . . . But the phrase "military necessity" is sometimes used...convenience. I do not want it to cloak slackness or indifference.43 Eisenhower referred here to the behavior of certain Allied officers and enlisted men...

...General Dwight Eisenhower was released warning that the same problem could arise on the battlefield, for "the phrase 'military necessity' is sometimes used...military convenience or even of personal convenience.") Other responses to Brittain published by the Times refused to justify bombing in terms of retribution...

...clear-cut as that. In many cases monuments can be spared without any detriment to operational needs. Nothing can stand against the argument of military...convenience or even of personal convenience. I do now want it to cloak slackness or indifference. It is a responsibility of higher commanders to determine...

...in many cases, monuments could be spared 'without any detriment to operational needs', noting that 'the phrase "military necessity" is sometimes used where it would be more truthful 179 [1939] 1 FRUS 548. 180 Reproduced in Hansard, HC, vol. 396, col. 1115, 1 February 1944. General...

...count infinitely more and the building must go. But the choice is not always so clear-cut as that. Nothing can stand against the argument of military...truthful to speak of military convenience or even personal convenience. I do not want it to cloak slackness or indifference. It is a responsibility of...