马歇尔还在作战计划处的时候,就开始秘密筹备对上层军官进行一次“清洗”,在上层军官中有一大批“老顽固”,即罗斯福总统称之为老朽的高级军官盘踞在一些关键岗位上,正是这些人阻挠着军 When Marshal was still at the Operations Planning Service, Marshall began secret preparations for a “cleansing” of upper-level officers. There were a large number of “stubborn” officers in the upper ranks, which Roosevelt called illegitimate senior officers entrenched in key positions. It is these people who obstruct the military