This monograph examines whether a planned operation in a campaign should be executed unchanged, modified, or canceled. A campaign is a progression of sequential or simultaneous operations designed to accomplish a strategic objective. A campaign...
These notes include a brief description of Japanese logistics, lines of communications and methods of supply and transportation with reference to the present conditions in SWPA.
History provides many examples of tension between operational and tactical commanders. Not all of these conflicts can be dismissed as matters of personality or competency. An alternative explanation is that the distinct perspectives of those...
Research Problem. Joint doctrine does not address the conflict between how the United States Army and the Unified Commanders in Chief (CINCs) prefer to organize ground forces in a theater of operations. The Army prefers a subordinate land component...
The Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944 was the largest naval battle of World War II both in terms of the number of ships involved, and the expanse of area the battle covered. The battle was a decisive victory for the Allied Forces, who...
Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army
This volume is concerned with the organization and disposition of United States Army ground forces that opposed the Japanese during World War II. The area covered includes Alaska, the islands of the central and South Pacific, Australia, New Guinea,...
This document contains estimated figures of Japanese maintenance requirements for their troops in the SWPA, air strip and air craft maintenance, animal feed, weapons and ammunition, and shipping requirements.
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...
War Department, Special Staff, Historical Division
This document contains appendices of official documents such as memorandums, letters, and communications to and from the Commanding General with respect to logistics, training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and...
The author has adopted a twofold approach to the Aitape campaign. In the first part of his Leavenworth Paper, he examines the strategic and operational levels of the battle, particularly command decision making and its relationship to Ultra. The...
The campaign planning process is the essential link between the strategic and operational levels of war. Since the final large unit operations of World War II, the American military has lost its expertise in campaign planning. The study examines...
This monograph presents the complex story of Army transportation in a theater environment for the use of the Transportation Corps in planning future operations, procurement, and training, and for the general information of military authorities. It...
This study is an abbreviated history of the operations of G-2 in the Southwest Pacific Area. The purpose is to record the important work done by intelligence agencies in the prosecution of the war against Japan.
United States Special Forces have established a well-deserved reputation as experts in direct action operations to kill or capture high-value targets over the course of the Global War on Terror. In doing so, they have neglected their core mission...
United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet. Task Force 77.1
Provides operational orders for Task Group 77.1 to provide air cover as required for the attack force. Provide anti-submarine patrols, close support of the landings on D-day on Morotai Island, and close air support in the landing area until...
During Operation DESERT STORM, Third U.S. Army was tasked to perform the roles of Army component command for U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), theater army for all U. S. Army forces in the Persian Gulf theater, and field army headquarters for...
This study examines the influence of operational sustainment, which includes lines of communication, on the conduct of major operations. After a definition of terms, two historical examples are analyzed, the impact of time and space on the conduct...
This intelligence bulletin covers the Pacific Theater actions during World War Two. Topics from articles and briefs include Iwo Jima operation, the Japanese 88mm AA gun, change in suicide doctrine, Japanese combat instructions, reactions to...