The Moldovan Transdniester War of 1992 is illustrative of modern day ethno-national violence and yields unique lessons on the role and use of military power in dealing with and resolving such crises. Indecisive and necessary are two words that...
General Matthew B. Ridgway’s astonishing ability to visualize a military campaign matured based on his leader development, the lessons that he learned from failure and from personally mastering operational art. During World War II, Ridgway...
The following special bulletins contained in this document include: the German campaign in Poland; Soviet-Finnish (operations from November 30, 1939 to January 7, 1940); the German campaign in Poland, September 1 – October 5, 1939; Royal Air...
This is a history of the I Corps during the Luzon Campaign and describes the mission, preparation and movement, tactical phases of the ground operation, and intelligence, and offers lessons learned and recommendations. Annexes detail personnel,...
Hatlem, John C., comp; Hunter, Kenneth E., comp.; Phillips, W. Brooks, ed.; Bacon, Mary Ann, ed.
This volume deals with the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and the Middle East. It is divided into five sections: (1) North Africa and the Middle East; (2) Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia; (3) Italy: 9 September 1943–4 June 1944; (4) Southern...
The relationship of events in time is the essence of history. Chronology: 1941-1945 establishes the sequence of events from the time the first bombs on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 until the instrument of surrender was signed aboard the USS...
As Allied armies advanced in North Africa, Allied leadership established Sicily as the next target. As the invasion unfolded, the Allies pushed Axis forces into northeastern Sicily where a well-organized evacuation moved over 100,000 Axis troops,...
In 742, a predominantly Turko-Mongolian steppe nomadic tribe known today as the Uyghurs migrated eastward from eastern Turkey towards the oases of modern-day Xinjiang province of China; they have remained there for the last 1,268 years. Throughout...
Includes field orders, troop movements, narrative of the advance of the Meuse, crossing the Meuse, and journal of events of the 5th Division and 10th Infantry Brigade. Also includes a report of 7th Engineers on the bridges used in the crossing....
The purpose of this text is to provide the Army with a factual account of the organization and operations of the Soviet resistance movement behind the German forces on the Eastern Front during World War II. This movement offers a particularly...
United States Works Progress Administration (New York, N.Y.)
Tables of grid coordinates ... computed ... by the Project for the computation of mathematical tables ... The basic formulas upon which the tables have been developed are from Special publication no. 59, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey.--Pref.
This study examines the capability of an armored division to be sustained, relying only on its organic assets, in a five day deep operation that requires the division to maneuver seventy-five kilometers forward of the FLOT. This investigation...
United States military forces are entering the 21st century doctrinally unprepared for the challenges that await. The National Security Strategy of the United States, the National Military Strategy, and Joint Vision 2020 all posit the need for...
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,...
Plan from the joint war plans committee for the seizure of the Ryukyus Islands. It is a revision of J.W.P.C.'s 116/2 plan, which takes into account new information on airfield capabilities and enemy intentions.
Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy.
This three part account of the war with Japan details the Japanese strategic offensive, the Allied reorganization, the Allied defensive-offensive, operations (7 August 1942 to 31 December 1943 and 1 January to 31 December 1944), the...
Committee 1, Armored Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School; Brothers, Benjamine M.; Allen, Raymond W.; Smith, Allen T.; Willey, Wilford L.; Greer, Harry A.; Hislop, Albert H.; Wingfield, Oren C.; Wehrle, Howard F., III; Spann, James H.;...
In this historical example is an armored division indoctrinated and trained for the offensive, forced by circumstances of war, to adopt temporarily the defensive.
Staff Group 19 A; Liddell, Robert J.; Babiker, Mohamed Elamin; Collins, William P.; Couch, Timothy H.; Donnelly, Michael E.; Edwards, Joseph R.; Franzello, Arty J.; Harrell, William S.; Morrison, Charles M.; Nickisch, Ward B.; Nitta, Alan S.;...
On 21 March 1945, the Fifth Infantry Division was alerted to prepare to launch a surprise night crossing of the Rhine River at Oppenheim, Germany. Despite the haste involved in the assault timing, engineers made elaborate preparations for...
This Leavenworth Paper is a critical reconstruction of World War II Ranger operations conducted at or near Djebel el Ank, Tunisia; Porto Empedocle, Sicily; Cisterna, Italy; Zerf, Germany; and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. It is not intended to be...