Committee 15, Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School, 1948-1949; Cantey, J.; Sykes, J. R.; Peyton, J. L.; Edmondson, C. C.; Noel, J. C.; Drews, R. E.; Crouch, H. J.; Stockton, J. B.
This is a story of the 10th Armored Division and what the division did in the Saar-Moselle Triangle during November and December of 1944, and again in February 1945. This document considers the actions of the division from about the 8th of...
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
Coalition warfare has been, and will continue to be, a matter of course for the U.S. military. Developing and maintaining coalitions of politically and militarily diverse members is, at its most elemental level, a matter of human relationships--the...
This historical study investigates the military effectiveness and combat power of Civil War balloons. The categories inherent to military effectiveness include timeliness, accuracy, usefulness, operational considerations, and logistics. Limited by...
This paper gives a critical analysis of the Battle of Chancellorsville during the American Civil War. Federal and Confederate forces, Generals Hooker and Lee's plans, the military operations during April and May of 1863, casualties, the Battle of...
This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations...
This thesis examines the British experience in Iraq from 1914-1926. Britain invaded Iraq to secure its oil interests and to protect its lines of communication to India. The British initially defeated Ottoman forces and captured the Basra vilayet...
Abstract: I have been in the military for over 18 years. I spent 10 years in the active duty Army and eight years in the Nevada Army National Guard. I have served as a Casualty Notification Officer twice in my career. Both notifications were...
This monograph discusses the importance of cohesion to build an effective tactical unit. Historically, armies that have done well in combat have been cohesive units. This monograph investigates the components that produce effective cohesive units...
This study investigates the contributions of the military working dogs in Vietnam to determine their significance to the United States' war effort. There is limited written history concerning the use of the military working dogs in Vietnam. The...
In a foreign country along the northwestern borders between Mosul, Iraq and Syria. Noncommissioned Officers were rewriting history in the role of NCOs during an armed conflict utilizing our powerful Army. Training, planning, and leading the...
This study discusses the policies and principles the British found to be effective in occupation of Mesopotamia and which conform with US doctrine on this subject.
This study gives an account of the events leading up to the battle, chronological narrative of the opposing forces operations, and analyzes the plans and tactical and strategical decisions made.
This paper describes three of the key events that took place while assigned to the 101st Finance, 101st Soldier Support Battalion during Operation Iraqi Freedom I. The dates given to describe each of these events are approximate. I describe...
Colonel Neville Pughe of the British Army Parachute Regiment and Colonel Andrew Whitehead of the 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, share their individual viewpoints on light infantry in the interviews which follow. Their viewpoints truly are...
This thesis examines the need of Israel to retain the Golan Heights from the viewpoint of Israel. Geographical and economic background factors are discussed, followed by political and military factors in terms of this area. Since World War II, the...
This study investigates the significant effect of mobility, countermobility, survivability and topographic engineering on the American Civil War Campaign of Chancellorsville. The operations occurred near Fredericksburg, Virginia in April and May of...
This paper follows Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). This includes the train-up of the EOD Company, deployment, operations, and concludes with the Company departing Iraq. The paper examines...