This book is concerned primarily with the combat (or tactical) groups that were active during the Second World War. Although such groups had numerous designations, nearly all fell within four major categories: bombardment, fighter, reconnaissance,...
American Battle Monuments Commission; Center of Military History
This book has been prepared as part of the project of the American Battle Monuments Commission to commemorate in a complete and lasting manner the accomplishments and services of the American forces in Europe during the World War. Topics include:...
"All wars illustrate the importance of the means of speedy communication." The author in a work of two volumes focuses on the importance and role of the telegraph in the course of the Civil War. A historical recounting of events is organized by...
This monograph is essentially a treatment of the manpower aspects of military mobilization. Its primary objective is to provide a more comprehensive record of military mobilizations in the United States for the use of General Staff officers and...
This paper describes the organization of the Japanese intelligence service during the Russo-Japanese War. Also discussed are the duties of the echelons of command, strategic and intelligence studies of the theater of operations prior to the war,...
This paper discusses the employment of the Second Japanese Army, including the employment of the reserves at the Battle of Liaoyang. It describes the attack by the Japanese on the Russian forces, and the actions and orders of General Oku are...
This paper gives a comparison between the Russian and Japanese services at the Battle of Liao-yang. Topics include Russian and Japanese communications, general supply, transport, supply troops, lines of communication, and supply at the battle of...
This study compares the Japanese and Russian forces’ employment of infantry at the Battle of the Liaoyang. Topics and headings include regiments, organization, physical conditions, mentality and spirit, arms and equipment, training, leadership,...
The study concludes that the Japanese intelligence agencies prior to and during the war were generally effective in their operations. The author says they were mostly employed to the fullest extent possible, that the Russian’s intelligence...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine if the United States government considered the voluntary services of World War I African American combat soldiers during the interwar years and determined them to be combat multipliers for future conflicts....
The Field Artillery Target Acquisition Battalion occupies a key position among the various agencies involved in the artillery target acquisition problem. As such, the FATAB's organizational structure, mission, and employment doctrine is being...
The United States (US) military is undergoing a tremendous transformation. Much of the change uses technology to improve command and control (C2) of military forces. The end state gives the commander the ability to command a more flexible and...
Following the end of the World War I, the major combatants engaged in varying degrees of reorganization and reformation to incorporate the lessons learned from the conflict. Germany faced the pressing need to quickly reconstitute and reorganize her...
During the Civil War, there were no joint commands with all service components unified under the same commander, with few exceptions. Instead, the command and control structure was based on close cooperation between the services, which was termed...
Gives a lecture, instructions, and combat exercises related to dictated and verbal orders. Contains said orders, solutions and conclusions. This curriculum was used by the Command and General Staff School in the 1926/27 school year.
This document contains a series of lectures and conferences addressing the class of 1926-1927, CGSS and GSS. Topics range from field fortifications, tactics and techniques of antiaircraft artillery, the employment of chemicals in an attack, signal...
Reports of a Major in the United States Army Corps of Engineers attached as an observer to the Third Japanese Army. Major Khun presents a detailed description of the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese conflict, including army life,...
Details the history of the senior institution in the Army educational system. The history of the college has a close relationship to the development of the modern US Army.