 | Louis Morton - World War, 1939-1945 - 1962 - 792 pages
...possible an early offensive against Germany. "We've got to go to Europe and fight," wrote Eisenhower, "we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world — and still worse — wasting time."57 For the Navy, with its traditional in"Memo, Eisenhower for Marshall, 28 Feb 42, sub: Strategic... | |
 | Russell F. Weigley - History - 1977 - 612 pages
...have limited relevance.71 14. The Strategic Tradition of US Grant: Strategists of the European War We've got to go to Europe and fight — and we've...all over the world — and still worse — wasting rime. If we're to keep Russia in, save the Middle East, India and Burma; we've got to begin slugging... | |
 | Stephen E. Ambrose - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 644 pages
...January 22, however, a dramatic switch had occurred. "We've got to go to Europe and fight," he wrote, "and we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world, and still worse, wasting time." Arcadia, Marshall's persuasive abilities, hard military facts, and broadened responsibilities had caused... | |
 | Robert Blake, William Roger Louis - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 644 pages
...and fight—and we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world—and still worse—wasting time. If we're to keep Russia in, save the Middle...and Burma, we've got to begin slugging with air at Western Europe; to be followed with a land attack as soon as possible.' 43 Eisenhower very quickly... | |
 | Nathan Miller - History - 1997 - 614 pages
...Brigadier General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of the army's War Plans Division, put the matter bluntly: "We've got to go to Europe and fight — and we've...all over the world, and still worse, wasting time." In the spring of 1942, Marshall produced a plan for Operation Sledgehammer, an invasion of France that... | |
 | Perry Pollins - Marines - 2015 - 428 pages
...Germans became the paramount issue of the Army General Staff. On January 2, 1942 he wrote in his diary, "We've got to go to Europe and fight, and we've got...all over the world, and still worse wasting time." He concluded that "Germany first" was the best strategy. His consideration of wasting the lives of... | |
 | Rick Atkinson - History - 2002 - 748 pages
...go to Europe and fight," Dwight David Eisenhower scribbled in a note to himself on lanuary 22, 1942. "And we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world — and still worse — wasting time." As the new chief of war plans for the Army's General Staff, Eisenhower helped draft the blueprint that... | |
 | Thomas E. Griess, John H. Bradley - History - 2002 - 358 pages
...material to the Pacific, stating as early as January 22, 1 942: "We've got to go to Europe to fight, we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world — and still worse — wasting time."" General MacArthur proved to be an unexpected ally for the Navy. The general wanted to push hard against... | |
 | Mark A. Stoler - History - 2003 - 416 pages
...Europe and fight," he insisted in a private, late-January reaffirmation of Germany-first strategy, "and we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world — and still worse — wasting time."20 The problem was that the only existing and approved plan for European action, the invasion... | |
 | Stanley Weintraub - History - 2007 - 561 pages
...White House. "We've got to quit wasting resources and wasting time," Ike told himself on January 22. "If we're to keep Russia in, save the Middle East,...and Burma, we've got to begin slugging with air at Western Europe, to be followed by a land attack as soon as possible." As if that had always been his... | |
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We've got to go to Europe and fight — and we've got to quit wasting resources all over the world — and still worse — wasting time. 