Censorship in Military History

Government or military control of information concerning military operations that might prove a security risk or negatively affect political and popular support for such operations if released to the public. Military censorship dates to the Crimean War (1853-1856). The first war in history to be actively covered by journalists, the Crimean War also witnessed British commander Sir William Codrington’s issuance of the world’s first censorship order on February 25, 1856: No material was to be published that was detrimental to morale or critical of the British high command.

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