"Truppenfuhrung", the most important manual of the German Army, is the German Field Service Regulations. The present edition was published on October 17, 1933. This document was "secret" until November 1, 1935, when Part I was released. This is...
Reports of an American Cavalry officer attached to the First Japanese Army and a Captain with the United States Army Corps of Engineers traveling with the Manchurian Army. They go into great detail describing the Japanese military establishment,...
Serves as a practical guide for officers of the Army of the United States in administering the "laws of war" and the application of correct legal principles to situations involving military government, martial law, and domestic disturbances.
This document presents regulations and instructions for U.S. military personnel who are caring for prisoners of war. The document is divided into the following sections: I. Evacuation, II. Prisoner of war enclosures, III. Prisoner of war...
A comprehensive understanding of the treatment accorded prisoners of war, including capture, transportation, prisons, police and discipline, work, relief societies, and liberation.
This book is designed to give students the ability to read maps and to comprehend the military possibilities of the terrain. Includes the principles and methods of making and using military maps in both war games and other military situations,...
"The Army Reorganization Act of June 4 provides that hereafter tanks will be a part of the Infantry Arm of the Service. It therefore becomes increasingly important for infantry officers to study the question of tanks; their capabilities,...
This pamphlet contains a list of questions a platoon commander should ask himself on taking over a trench, and at frequent intervals afterwards, a list of questions a platoon commander should ask himself before an attack, and a list of questions a...
The conduct of war is regulated by well-established and recognized rules that are designated as the "laws of war" which comprise the written and unwritten rules. This book contains the rules of land warfare in their entirety in addition to...
The conduct of war is regulated by well-established and recognized rules that are designated as the "laws of war" which comprise the written and unwritten rules. The accompanying rules of land warfare have been prepared for use of officers of the...
A translation of a French official document of July 1917, this is the amendment to the instructions covering the object and the conditions of a combined offensive action. Includes definitions and discussions of the plan and scheme of operations and...
This book is designed as a textbook to field train infantry soldiers on a 21 day schedule in details of the probable phases of attack and defense, with other tactical training.
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,...
In armored force circles the inter-war years are referred to as the "lean years." The abolishment of the separate Tank Corps in 1920, the Depression Era budget constraints and a lack of national strategic vision have caused a mistaken belief that...
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces
This document contains information concerning all the military operations during the time span of September 16-20, 1918 in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations.
Consists of military documents and correspondence detailing the military operations and drive of the First American Army down the Meuse during October and November 1918 which led to the collapse of the German Army.