Between the European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth century and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Friedrich Engels functioned as a writer, analyst, and critic concerning military affairs. His most essential commentaries were published,...
This monograph considers the utility of constituting both a striking force and a supplemental tactical reserve when conducting a mobile defense. It considers the conclusions of a 1993 Combined Arms Command (CAC) study of the mobile defense which...
Reinertsen, Leif C.; 93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
"After five" brings to a close the history, of the 93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. When our standards are furled and cased for the last time there will be only this short narrative and your memories to remind you of the battalion. This...
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...
A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...
In the wake of hostilities, military professionals should not foreswear changes and adjustments designed to make their forces more proficient on future battlefields. Military forces that have just suffered a costly defeat often manifest a greater...
The focus of this thesis is to analyze whether or not current scout doctrine, coupled with the OSUT (One Station Unit Training) and unit available training time, permits us the time to adequately train 19D Cavalry Scouts to perform reconnaissance....
This study discusses the 1st Division encounter with gas warfare in Cantigny and covers equipment used, types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
This paper presents a demonstration of the failure to appreciate the necessity of exhaustive logistical planning in peacetime preparation for war and of providing the means necessary to execute such plans, and to show the unsoundness of unbalanced...
After the events of 11 September 2001, certain Army units were tasked with prosecuting the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan. One of these units was the 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) of the West Virginia Army National Guard....
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery.
This study discusses the 26th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Second Battle of the Marne and covers types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
This study discusses the 29th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Cotes de Meuse and covers types of gases, artillery operations and analyzes the actual attack.
This study discusses the 33rd Division encounter with gas warfare along the Meuse and covers types of gases, military operations, use of gas masks, and analyzes the actual attack.
This document contains the history of evacuation and repatriation through the port of Pusan, Korea from September 28, 1945 to November 15, 1945. The work also provides photographs and illustrations, an operations memorandum, as well as charts with...
"This 1954 manual is a guide to assist commanders in developing the sections of 8 inch gun M1 and 240-mm howitzer M1 firing batteries into efficient, smooth-working teams that have a sense of discipline that will impel them to operate effectively...
This study discusses the 89th Division encounter with gas warfare in the line of the St. Mihiel salient near Flirey and covers types of gases, military operations, lack of training, and analyzes the actual attack with the 30th Engineers attached.
Committee 13, Officers Advanced Course, Armored School; Osborne, Robert J. C.; Throckmorton, John W.; Killian, John J.; Carpenter, Robert W.; Reynolds, Walter E., Jr.; Williams, Frank A.; Young, Sidney H., Jr.; Cobb, John H., Jr.
This report describes the 9th Armored Division in the exploitation, from the breakout of the Remagen bridgehead to the encirclement of Leipsig. Table of contents: the enemy, logistics and statistics, expanding the bridgehead, reduction of Limburg,...