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,...
"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...
"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...
"A faithful record of the life, service, and suffering, of the rank and file of the regiment, on the march, in camp, in battle, and in prison. Especially devoted to giving the reader a definite knowledge of the service of the common soldier. With...
Military history is one of the most effectual means of learning the art of war in time or peace, and the most solid basis of assimilating its great principles. This document regarding the principles of strategy describes to the reader the positive...
A combined airborne-troop carrier maneuver was conducted in the North Carolina maneuver area in the general vicinity of Camp Mackall, North Carolina during the period of 5 January 1944 to 9 January 1944, inclusive.
The following topics are discussed in this document on World War Two: completion of training in the U.S., Camp Forrest to Ft. Slocum, Transatlantic, England (Camp Bewdley, Birmingham, and Braemore), prelude to operations, the campaign in France,...
A large part of all the history that has been written relates in some way to military operations. The history of the Civil War is useful in keeping alive the military interest of the present generation so that the next may have some civil history...
According to an old saying, "amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics." any serious student of the military profession will know that logistics constantly shape military affairs and sometimes even dictate strategy and tactics. This...
From author: "There has been placed into my hands certain facts and information concerning the planning, training, operations and social actions of Co. "A", 2nd Ranger Battalion. Armed with these, plus my own personal observations and memories, I...
John Basil Turchin, a colonel in the Russian Army of Czar Nicholas I, immigrated to the United States and served in the Union Army from May 1861 until July 1864. Initially, he was appointed commander of the 19th Illinois Infantry Regiment, and...
Many historians give William Sherman total credit for the success of the Atlanta Campaign, when in fact it was the success of the Federal team as an institution. Conversely, many blame Joseph Johnston for the Confederate loss in that campaign,...
One of the critical variables in the successful completion of a military campaign is the functioning of an army's command and control system. In the American Civil War, a commander's primary command and control tool was his staff. Large Civil War...
Probably the moat unpredictable variable in the "Fog of War," next to leadership, is the command and control process, comprised of three components: organizations, process, and facilities. Organizations include the formulation of staffs by the...
Gabel, Christopher R. (Christopher Richard), 1954-
Since the early twentieth century, officers of the U.S. Army have honed their professional knowledge and skills by conducting staff rides to historical battlefields. Often, these educational exercises have focused on the tactical level of war,...
The Confederacy's two largest field forces, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee compiled quite dissimilar battlefield reputations. The former, more often victorious in battle, established a firm internal structure earlier in the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...