George McClellan, with Abraham Lincoln at Antietam in 1862, took command of the Union armies but let the president wait. Alexander Gardner / Library of Congress On November 1, George B.

The infamous “Nuremberg defense” asserted by Nazi military officers in war ... This may erode confidence in the chain of command and would create the potential for disparate interpretations ...

The British Army has "apologised unreservedly" following reports of two soldiers dressed in Nazi uniform at a local ... the unit’s chain of command acted immediately to inform the Royal Military ...

The German government did keep investigating ... “And the further you go down the chain of command, the more the question arises of how far the legal responsibility goes.” ...