Deployment is one of the hardest and most critical logistical tasks. Since WWII, the development of distribution methods to overcome logistics issues has continued with mixed success. This monograph explores these issues and the methods used to...
This study is a General Staff analysis and record of the most important operational details of the XIX Corps' successful attack on and penetration through the "Siegfried Line". Topics include a description of the Siegfried Line, plans and...
This paper provides an excellent survey of the intricacies of employing defensive tactics against a powerful opponent. Using after-action reports, unit war diaries, and other primary materials, the author analyzes the doctrine and tactics that the...
This monograph addresses whether current doctrine adequately prepares armor and mechanized infantry forces to successfully conduct the final assault of a prepared position. Offensive operations culminate with actions on the objective, yet...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is the fourth in a series undertaken in an effort to capture the battle command successes of Just Cause and Desert Storm. The first pamphlet focused on commonalities and trends of successful battlefield commanders at brigade,...
The purpose of this summary is to compile, consolidate and present useful data to commanders and staff officers in such a manner as to be of maximum use in planning and management.
This 1955-1956 summary shows statistics and completion rates for various programs throughout Fort Sill. " The purpose of this summary is to compile, consolidate and present useful data to commanders and staff officers in such a manner as to be of...
The history of Fort Sill, Oklahoma has been truly the story of the men who commanded the post. From its foudning in 1869 through the year 1940, 83 men held of the position of Post Commander. Most of these names were names which played an...
The purpose of the thesis is to trace the evolution of fire support coordination and control at the United States infantry division level through World War II (1942 to 1945). The coverage is restricted to the coordination and control of organic,...
The purpose of this study is to trace the evolution of airmobility in the U.S. Army. The integration of aircraft into the organic structure of the ground forces is as radical a change as the move from the horse to the truck, and the process is only...
To make decisions and to synchronize all available resources properly, the brigade commander requires timely and accurate intelligence and combat information. This monograph examines the issues surrounding the absence of an organic tactical...
The purpose of this book is to provide an account, from the point of view of the U.S. Army forces employed, of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to the withdrawal of coalition forces from southeastern Iraq. Like all...
This monograph addresses doctrinal considerations for power projection in a predominately CONUS based military. It will examine the concept of deployment from the perspective of the operational level of war. There appears to be a void in deployment...
In 1986, the US Army published a revision of FM 100-5, Operations, that, for the first time, clearly linked military theory and its doctrine. In this manual, a term defined by Carl von Clausewitz as the hub of all power and movement, the center of...
The purpose of this monograph is to consider the proposal put forth in Douglas A. Macgregor's study Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century. In short, the paper's research question asks, should the Army adopt a...
This study examines the extensive experiences of the Soviet Army as it struggled to master the night. Driven by necessity to operate in the relative safety of darkness, the Soviet Army in World War II learned to capitalize on night operations and...
Office, U.S. Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
This thesis examines historical examples of the mobilization of Reserve and National Guard forces. The intent of this study is to evaluate past reasons for mobilization efforts in order to synthesize valuable lessons which may be applicable to the...