When President Woodrow Wilson ordered approximately 150,000 National Guardsmen to the southern border in 1916, the United States was on the verge of all-out war with Mexico. The rapid mobilization and deployment of the Guard forces broke the rapid...
The American Military is an adaptive fighting force. As such, they are able to take the experience obtained from past conflicts and actions and apply these to current operations. History provides a backdrop for military tactics, missions, and...
This thesis will use a comparative study of the German Storm trooper battalions and the Canadian trench raiders in order to examine the dynamics of the World War I battlefield, the role of military culture in adaptation in order to acknowledge and...
Since the beginning of time, armies have used actionable intelligence to find, engage, and defeat enemy forces. For thousands of years, the face of battle remained relatively the same, save slight improvements in weapons systems, and human...
Military history is not just about battles fought won or lost. It is also about the people of the those nations the conflict is. Military history is about the technology, the tactics and doctrine. Military professionals should be required to take...
I believe that the interventions of the Wilson Administration were failures; however the military missions on the ground were successful. President Wilson fervently believed that the United States had a moral obligation to spread its concepts of...
What was the supply and transport status of the main British Force in Mesopotamia during the operations to relieve Kut, and during the preparation for and the advance in 1916-1917.
U.S. Army commanders seek to balance the requirements to conduct offensive, defensive and stability operations simultaneously. Within this framework, commanders have also had to balance the conduct of traditional military actions and non-military...
Discusses the history of the regiment (21st Infantry), starting with a brief account in the 1800s. The majority of the document concerns World War II history. Lists battle honors and activities beginning with Pearl Harbor and continuing throughout...
Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower...
This study discusses the organization of the army and how it should allow for maximum mobility of its forces, that the presence of vehicles may require artificial pathways for transport of units and supplies. The influence in deciding where a...
This thesis examines the strategy of the United States Army's Punitive Expedition into Mexico following the raid on Columbus, New Mexico, by Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his followers on 9 March 1916. In analyzing this topic, the thesis focuses on...
Looks at British views of World War I. The volume looks at several areas: the political and economic upheaval, the upheaval of ideas, the settlement (broken in segments from August 1914 to September, 1918; September 29-November 11, 1918; November...
A survey of military histories published by the Department of the Army reveals the fact that there are many important incidents in early American military life not covered by official publications. Among them is the expedition of United States...