In my review I ran across a document in my personal files, dated 26 December 43, covering in considerable detail the tasks assigned and the part played by the 82d Airborne Division in that operation. It is, I think, rich in lessons of what not to...
Discusses the fighting in the Marne Salient from May 27th to August 6th, 1918, focusing on the period of July 15-18, known as the Champagne-Marne Defensive and the actions of the Army Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
Contents of this after action report for the 716th Tank Battalion include operation maps, a narrative history, lessons learned, and an appendix with information on field orders, battalion journal/operation reports, officers' roster, casualty...
B-24 aircraft of the 2d Bombardment Division carried on supply operations during the period 29 August to 30 September 1944, flying from various bases in the U.K. to terminals at A-50C, A-71, A-64, A-78 and B-51. Initially rations, medical supplies,...
This monograph covers the antiaircraft defenses of the Anzio Beachhead from D-day, 22 January 1944 to 31 May 1944, when the breakout from the beachhead proper was affected. Special emphasis is placed on the activities of the 68th C.A. (AA) Regiment...
One of the common practices of modern warfare is the development of new weapons based upon advances in technology. As these weapons evolved during the twentieth- century, the United States Army witnessed significant improvements in the accuracy of...
In both historical and contemporary practice of operational art the concept of balance appears to be of significant consideration. We are instructed in FM 100-5, for instance, to "" ... throw the enemy off balance .... "" (p , 27) The histories of...
Chief Signal Officer, United States of America War Office; War Department
This text includes signal regulations and technical information needed by officers and enlisted men of arms other than the Signal Corps engaged in signal communication. It supplements the matter contained in chapter 7, Basic Field Manual, Volume...
The campaign conducted by General Helmuth von Moltke into Bohemia against the Austrians was the most brilliant of that era. The Koniggratz campaign is a classic example of the art of war practiced at the operational level. The Chief of the General...
This public safety study on Japan addresses organization and the structure of the police system, personnel, and methods used (from searching and questioning to the use of scientific equipment). The next segment contains information on police...
This study on industry and commerce describes food, textile, lumber and woodworking, chemical, iron and steel, tanning/leather, paper, building materials, and shipbuilding industries in Yugoslavia.
G-2 summary of enemy activity on the XXI Corps front from 28 February through 6 May 1945. Discusses the Western Front in February of 1945 from the penetration of the Westwall to the Rhine and continues with the collapse of the Wehrmact from the...
The purpose of this study is to determine the most appropriate command and control system for the U.S. Army fire support system. Specifically, it addresses the question of how tactical fire direction should be controlled in the direct support field...
THE STUDY PRESENTED -- A comparison of current American doctrines as to the allocation and employment of accompanying artillery with those of the French, British, German, Italian, Russian and Japanese. The meaning of the term "accompanying...
This study discusses the teachings between the French and American military on the subject of meeting engagement, with comparisons to other major military powers.
This thesis examines the current inadequacy of small arms training for all military occupational specialties (MOSs) in the conventional Army and the lack of focus on weapons training for the dynamic nonlinear/noncontiguous (NL/NC), asymmetrical...