This thesis examines the British experience in Iraq from 1914-1926. Britain invaded Iraq to secure its oil interests and to protect its lines of communication to India. The British initially defeated Ottoman forces and captured the Basra vilayet...
This thesis examines the potential manning shortfalls for the Navy's proposed Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit's (FDPMU) twelve-member Detachment. The twelve-member detachment is derived from the existing twelve-member preventive...
A description of the U.S. Army divisions that participated in World War I including information on where the division was originated, the brigades and battalions contained in the division, a short history of the combat overseas, and a chronology of...
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, American Forces in Germany, 1918-1923
This volume contains a narrative of events during the years 1920-1921 divided into quarters, and specifically including the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, conditions of life for Americans and Germans, the Kapp Putsch, the Ruhr Revolt,...
The purpose of this manual is the instruction of Army and Navy personnel in military government and civil affairs field operations. The manual contains first hand reports of numerous, typical military government and civil affairs situations and...
This text is intended to present the general characteristics of existing field artillery weapons in a manner not too highly technical to be understood without an examination of the materiel under discussion.
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This paper discusses the problems confronting the commander of troops which are required to make a truck movement, to meet a combat emergency with particular reference to the security of the convoy and the problems due to the separation of the...
This study discusses the situation in North Russia and the reasons for Allied intervention and focusing on the time and events during the American participation.
This paper asks why the 2d Division was relieved 19 July, 1918, and the reasons behind this; the author questions whether the relief was based on normal conditions. There is an appended copy of the report from the Commanding General of the 2d...
This document is a critical analysis of the machine gun support of the 2d Division in the Meuse-Argonne. Topics include the enemy situation, the terrain, and the 2d Division plan for attack. The purpose is to see why and how the machine guns...
This paper documents the operations of the 65th Artillery C.A.C. in World War I. Topics include the military operations, progress of the attack, the 65th Artillery C.A.C. (who they were, equipment, positions, actions, etc.), an analysis and...
The German General Staff launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 assuming the eastern campaign would last only three months. However, within six months after the initiation of hostilities the Red Army blunted the Wehrmacht’s attack outside the...
This study investigates the utility of quantitative tools as decision aids at the tactical level of war. It seeks to address how the U.S. Army may achieve the proper balance between the physical and moral forces of battle during the command...
The modern tank was invented in 1916 as a means to mechanically overcome the stalemate of trench warfare brought on by the increased lethality of fires employed during World War I. Its introduction received mixed reviews among British leaders. Some...
In June 1999, the international community, represented by KFOR and UNMIK entered Kosovo, and started one of the most costly peace-building operations ever. In March 2004 a part of the Albanian majority in Kosovo carried out riots that primarily...
This thesis examines the ability of the American shipbuilding and ship repair industry to meet the national defense requirements of a prolonged global war involving the United States. A history of this vitally important industry is presented to...
The 1956 Suez Crisis is the first example of a preemptive strike after World War II. The episode provides lessons about the lengths to which nations will go to secure their interests and the limits of the United Nation 's influence. How the UN...