...a temporary expedient, justified solely by the stress of battle. The present temporary arrangement has accomplished two military objectives. The first...other hand. The second was the vital factor of time. The* temporary arrangement has made it possible to avoid a "mopping up" period in Algiers and Morocco...

...and West Africa is only a temporary expedient, justified solely by the stress of battle. . . . [it] has accomplished two military objectives. The first...other hand. The second was the vital factor of time. . . . Every day of delay . . . would have enabled the Germans and Italians to build up a strong resistance...

...expedient, justified solely by the stress of battle. His statement proceeded: Our first military objective was to save American and British lives on the one...other hand. The second was the vital factor of time. . . . Every day of delay in the current operation would have enabled the Germans and Italians to build...