Discussion of France. This section covers transportation systems, including information on railroads, railways in the Paris area, motor transportation, internal waterways and canals, and civil aviation. Includes notes on communications, maps and...
From the Next War Series edited by Liddell Hart. A discussion of the future of air power, including a summary of air power in the Great War, air power doctrine, Douhet, and lessons learned in Abyssinia, China, and Spain.
In the complex modern environment, the importance of doctrine to a single national service is obvious. It is the glue that binds the military together in the face of an ever widening spectrum of conflict, ever more influential technology and an...
The code word 'ECLIPSE' is defined as "plans and preparations for operations in Europe in the event of German surrender". The objects of Operation Eclipse are to carry out the sphere of responsibility of the Supreme Commander in Europe. The...
Allied Expeditionary Force. Supreme Headquarters. Office of Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2
This is a weekly intelligence summary on European war operations, enemy dispositions, enemy capabilities, enemy supplies and transportation, economic notes, and political notes.
This monograph analyzes the combined effects of changes in engineer training curriculum, adjustments to priorities in vehicle replacement programs, shortages of equipment, and disproportional combat engineer versus integral combat service support...
The geostrategic and military situation for NATO (and specifically for the FEDERAL REPUBLIC of GERMANY) created in the wake of Germany's reunification and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, has led to revival of the military-strategic principle of...
The object of this document is to indicate briefly the chief characteristics of Japanese behavior in the field as they differ from our own and that of western nations. Descriptions of Japanese tactics is based on observation of actual practice and...
This document on Japan's transportation systems includes information on highways (roads, bridges, motor truck transport), railroads (extent of railroad development, administration, railway lines and equipment, and traffic and freight), a general...
Discusses general public safety plan for Germany and the organization for the Military government. Also explains the reorganization and control of the German police, special police operations, the supervision of the police in the administration of...
Office of Chief Quartermaster, Head Quarters, European Theater Operations, U.S.A.
This report consists of the Class I plan for an operation on the continent and appendices A-L referred to in part I. It includes the logistics of status of supply, planned use of rations and supplies, bakery, coffee and refrigeration plan, supply...
Contains digests 1-24. Brief study of certain European trends and developments in field artillery furnished for general interest and to show results of the (then) present war.
Series of reports on the clearing of an area between the Maas River and the Roer River in Germany by the 21st Army Group. It contains narrative, mission planning, reports on enemy defenses, operational instructions, and a report on the river...
Amnistie, réintégration et réconciliation au Rwanda. CommandantJeffrey H. Powell, U.S. Army; Imaginez que chaque homme, femme et enfant d'une ville américaine de 781.000 habitants soit brutalement assassiné en quatre mois, les victimes étant...
The object of this document is to outline the constitution, organization, and role of the Defense Force of the Union of South Africa. The author is the first South African student to attend the regular course at the Command and General Staff...
This book provides information relative to firearms most frequently sought by sportsmen. It includes a short history of guns, ammunition, gun-making, proofing, testing, calibrating, shooting techniques, riles, and rifle characteristics.
The geographic element of a nation is the base upon which all other elements are built. Any analysis of a country's military element, therefore, must be done with a clear understanding of its geographic element. The author is of the opinion that...
This study assesses the ability of the United States Army's Signal Corps to respond organizationally technologically, and doctrinally to the changing tactical communication requirements dictated by the character of warfare existing in Europe both...
The War in Burma is all too frequently forgotten as a source of relevant military experience. Admittedly it did not have the strategic importance of other theatres such as the Pacific or North West Europe, but it did witness some of the hardest and...