Since September 11, democracy has come to dominate the discourse as authoritarian Middle East regimes, even if they are friendly to Western interests, are perceived to be at the root of the existing international state of insecurity. Promoting...
Ministry of National Defence, Historical Service of the Army
Without prejudging the official historical account which will be published in due time, the object of this pamphlet is to place the Belgian Army Campaign of May 1940 in its true perspective, in relation with the Allies' General plan of operations....
Descriptive narrative of the war in Italy in 1859 from April to August of that year. The author states "it is a carefully-drawn picture of the Campaign as it presents itself to the mind of the author now, when he has had opportunity to revisit the...
To encourage further research in the history of World War I and to fill a gap in the Army's historical documentation of that conflict, the Center of Military History has created a World War I series of publications consisting of new monographs and...
This paper is a brief study of the plan of the American First Army, and of the terrain in order to show how the 2nd Division dovetailed into the general scheme. The study is approached with the following objects in view: determine the outstanding...
In the words of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, "The United States, our allies, and our partners face a spectrum of challenges' We must balance strategic risk across the responses, making the best use of the tools at hand within the U.S....
Index: summary of operations and training from November 11, 1918 to May 6, 1919; G-1 notes; G-2 notes; G-3 notes; field orders, 3rd, 5th, and 7th Army Corps; field orders 90th Division, selected G3 memorandum orders; G.H.Q. training orders; 3rd...
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...
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...
Continuation from III part, contains a narrative of events displaying the facts, seriousness of difficulties encountered, decisions made, results of such and management of the campaign and its effect on the war. Translation by O.S. Rolfe.
This is the private war journal of Generaloberst Franz Halder, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command of the German Army (OKH), 14 August 1939 to 24 September 1942 (first entry: 7 December 1939, last entry: 9 May 1940).
This study examines the actions of the German Fifth Army and determines that the attack was not justified tactically and there was underlying motivation by the German Crown Prince.
This study contains an outline of the enemy and Allied army situations and details about the position and movement of the 1st American Army in relation to the situation.
This study describes what the Fourth French Army consisted of, their occupied front, the action of the cavalry which is broken down by dates (August 16-21, 1914), action of corps cavalry, the advance of the Fourth Army (zones of action), and the...
This author of this study questions whether the advance of the V Corps was carried out as planned on the morning of the 26th of September, 1918. Also presented is the inquiry of the main reasons for the failure of the divisions of this corps to...
This narrative recounts the operational history of XIXth Panzer Corps' advance from 10 to 15 May 1940. Its primary focus is directed at the breakthrough at Sedan. The political and military situations influencing the decision makers of the German...