Address upon the subject of library and course of instruction for a National Guard regiment, delivered by Captain William T. Littebrant, 12th Cavalry, to the officers 1st Regiment Missouri National Guard in Camp of Instruction of National Guard of...
The purpose of this paper is to answer two questions. The first question is: Is it feasible to use airborne forces to penetrate enemy airspace and to conduct a vertical envelopment to affect deep operational maneuver? If it is feasible, what are...
This monograph analyzes whether U.S. light forces are trained adequately to successfully accomplish the assault of a fortified position. The assault of a fortified position held by a determined defender is a difficult task. A fortified position is...
The introduction of attack helicopters to the battlefield opened a new dimension for ground combat forces. This monograph examines history to identify those characteristics that make an arm effective in the shock role and to assess the modern...
This monograph compares the Polish and Russian actions in the Battles of Warsaw and their subsequent impact on the development of operational thought. Although the Battle of Warsaw was overshadowed by events of the events of the two World Wars, the...
This monograph explores the origins of the principle of mass and its components: numerical strength, combat power and the decisive point. It concludes that the Napoleonic legacy of the principle of mass has not kept pace with modern battlefield...
This paper examines the role of British intelligence operations during the American Revolutionary War as they apply to the British defeat at Yorktown. It begins with a brief history of British intelligence prior to the war, discusses strategic...
Impressed with the tactical lessons of the Boer War, the British Army reformed its doctrine and training from 1899 to 1914, deploying a combat ready force, the “Old Contemptibles” of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in 1914. Because of...
Original military study. Organization and equipment of engineer units designated to be attached to or to cooperate with mechanized cavalry. CAPT Don G. Shingler, COE
Abstracts of foreign-language articles. Antiaircraft defense of a...
This study analyzes the ground force tactical doctrine of the armed forces of the United States and the Soviet Union. It focuses on division and lower level units and attempts to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each country's doctrine....
It is believed that the extent to which any force may be mechanized is limited by the terrain over which the approach marches, and it is doubtful whether even six-wheelers will be able to move, since every line of approach must first be...
This study is an analysis of the competing initiative displayed between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee during Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia. It begins with Lincoln's appointing Grant as Lieutenant General and General in...
This monograph asserts that phasing as a tenet of operational art has outlived its usefulness. Phasing as a component of campaign design worked effectively in the industrial age of symmetrical opponents, but has lost its usefulness in the...
The author selected military operations and campaigns between the years 1815 and 1866. The idea behind the study is that employment of maneuver is closely interwoven with and dependent upon many variables of any given situation. The conclusion...
This paper addresses the employment of tanks and combat cars, whether they should be used exclusively on offensive missions or whether they could also be used on the defense. It expounds on the different foreign views of the British, French,...
The thesis of this research is that the U.S. Army aviation engineer units played a crucial role in the success of General Douglas MacArthur's island hopping campaign in the Southwest Pacific Theater at the tactical, operational, and strategic...
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...
This handbook of artillery materiel is the sixth edition of this work. Topics include general principles of gun construction, breech-loading ordnance, quick-firing guns, machine guns, explosives, projectiles, fuzes/tubes, field and siege carriages,...