Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe
A Lesson in Brevity
February 02, 2010
by David Krell
david@davidkrell.com
Military communications exemplify brevity.
When General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, he sent a telegram to Edwin McMasters Stanton -- Secretary of War.
General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia today on terms proposed by myself.
Eighty years later, Dwight David Eisenhower found himself in a similar situation as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. Upon victory in the European Theater, Eisenhower avoided grandstanding.
The mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945. Signed Eisenhower.
david@davidkrell.com
Military communications exemplify brevity.
When General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, he sent a telegram to Edwin McMasters Stanton -- Secretary of War.
General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia today on terms proposed by myself.
Eighty years later, Dwight David Eisenhower found himself in a similar situation as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. Upon victory in the European Theater, Eisenhower avoided grandstanding.
The mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945. Signed Eisenhower.