Disobeying orders

Obedience to orders is a high military virtue, without which an army is merely a mob.102 The reliability achieved through obedience is an essential characteristic of effective military operations; however, obedience is not absolute. Orders must be based upon law and morality.Soldiers Are obligated to disobey illegal or immoral orders.

‘A plea of superior orders shall not be acknowledged if the subordinate realized
or, according to the. circumstances known to him, plainly could have realized that the action ordered was a crime.’