This study presents principles and methods of conducting landing operations, as illustrated by the action of Japanese forces in various historical instances, with a view to deducing current Japanese doctrines and principles.
United States. Marine Corps. Division, 4th. Armored Amphibian Battalion, 2nd
This is the report of the 2nd Armored Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and their support of the Fourth and Fifth Marine divisions during the Iwo Jima operation.
Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula brought Spain, Portugal, and Britain into a close, if sometimes uneasy alliance. When an expeditionary force led by General Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the 1st Duke of Wellington, disembarked in Portugal...
The United States Marine Corps developed Operational Maneuver from the Sea in the 1980s and codified it as a Marine Corps concept in 1996. In brief, Operational Maneuver from the Sea seeks to exploit the sea as maneuver space to defeat access...
This is a replacement volume which is missing pages 1-2 from the original document (section on Corps surgeon special action report, Iwo Jima campaign- Appendix 8- report by Medical Officer). It contains reports by: Engineer Officer, LVT officer,...
Discusses events involved in the occupation of Norway on April 9, 1940. Details German operations during the three to five years preceding the occupation, events immediately before the occupation, the German memorandum to Norway, operations on...
This Infantry School document contains reports by General Grant, Commander Henry Walke, U.S. Navy, and other commanders, generals, and officers during the Civil War. There are additional private accounts as well (i.e., from a member of a battery,...
"In making the following study of certain attacks upon fortified harbors it was my object to make an analysis of each campaign, and of them all collectively, in order to attempt to derive well grounded conclusions as to future wars."
The U.S. Navy is building Virginia class submarines, and recently completed the conversion of four Ohio class submarines from Trident Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN's) to Guided Missile Submarines (SSGN's). The Virginia class is the first...
This monograph explores the often-used phrase “No more Task Force Smiths.” This catchphrase is used to express a desire to avoid the perceived mistakes that lead to the defeat of Task Force Smith during the Korean War, July 1950. It deployed...
Detailed report of the actions taken by the U.S. Navy and their part in the evacuation of troops and equipment from Iwo Jima beginning in February 1945. Includes preliminary actions, narrative of evacuation, ordnance used, damage to units, lists of...
The American part in the Buna-Sanananda campaign, in which Australian and American troops defeated "the invincible Imperial Army" of Japan, is the subject of this pamphlet. This campaign took place simultaneously with the action on Guadalcanal.