I don’t know about you, but the point the teachers made when I was in school in France was more that they were censuring things like soldiers letters to their r

I don’t know about you, but the point the teachers made when I was in school in France was more that they were censuring things like soldiers letters to their relatives and journal articles, which is bad, rather than officials emphasising victories without mentioning defeats, which is not ideal but understandable when morale plays such an important role.