This study is a historical analysis of how encirclement operations have been and still are important offensive operations. These operations need to be given priority in planning and execution by the United States Military. Encirclement operations...
This monograph discusses how the U.S. Army can successfully use light armor in deep operational maneuver at the corps level. Recent operations in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm emphasized the need for deep operations. New light...
Scant literature exists to guide today's operational artist in solving the intrinsic issues of the operational level of war. Most works concentrate on the activities or functions to be performed by the operational artist with little regard for...
Operational art as a focus for U.S. doctrine has only recently emerged in our manuals. Initially, operational art emerged during the interwar period. Reflecting upon the experience of World War I, German and Soviet theorists recognized that mass...
The purpose of this paper is to answer the question: How should U.S. Army doctrine for the “follow and support” mission be clarified? This is done by focusing on the evolution of the “follow and support” concept in the Army's capstone...
While the furor over the introduction of the concept of deep operations, the 'buzz word' of the mid 1980's, has faded, its importance is not diminished. Instead, as the Army continues the doctrinal evolution of AirLand Battle, the concept will...
This monograph defines blitzkrieg as a way of operational-level systems thinking that evolved over a twenty-year period. In the on-going debate over whether blitzkrieg was operational or tactical in nature, much of the discourse centers either on...
This publication is intended to serve as a text to be
used in the instruction at the Command and General Staff School. Its main purpose is to present to the students the principles which should guide the commander of an independent force the size...
The following partial resume of doctrine taught at the Kriegsakademie is a practical adaptation of relevant parts of Truppenfuhrung (the German tactical 'bible' similar in matter and precept to the U.S.'s own FM 100-5, Field Service Regulations,...
This study examines the principle of Economy of Force when applied first, by driving the envelopment or flank attack clear of the enemy's fortified flank position. And second, there must be a holding attack, in order to fix the enemy while the...
History is replete with examples of lost opportunities to decisively defeat an enemy's army on the field of battle. All too often, tactical success has not been followed by actions to ensure operational success. This failure may be attributable to...
The United States Army recently released a white paper on Concepts for the Objective Force. This force will be capable of simultaneous engagement by air-ground maneuver elements at operational and tactical distances by employing future advanced...
The final report of the Third Army maneuvers contains information regarding the organization of the IV Corps, concentration in the Sabine area (Louisiana), Third Army exercises, equipment, communications, supply and logistics, administration,...
This study is concerned only with the landing of airborne fighting forces in an area occupied or controlled by an enemy and with the subsequent tactical commitment of those forces in conventional ground combat. Contents include German airborne...
This paper is about the use of tanks under difficult conditions of terrain and weather and studies the use of how tanks were used under these adverse conditions on the island of Leyte. Chapters include a terrain study, Sixth Army operations, the...
This manual is a guide for operations of U.S. Army forces in the field. The doctrine contained herein applies to all levels of command in a theater of operations, and particularly to levels above division.