According to whether they respond to strategical or tactical needs, fortifications may be classified as strategical fortifications and tactical fortifications and are most frequently constructed, in whole or in part, during times of peace, with all...
"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...
Memorandum for the assistant commandant for a course at the Army War College, 1931-32 "Summary: In view of the facts stated there is a strong probability that the next war will be based on maneuver. Consequently the force best suited to its...
Translated from the original German by 3 students of the Command and General Staff School, P.L. Deylitz, Ross B. Smith, and Earle H. Malone. Discourse by the author on the Schlieffen plan of military strategy and tactics applied and compared to...
This document is one of over 200 pamphlets from various sources concerning the participation of the U.S. Army in World War I. The document contains translations of the following captured German documents: Defense against tanks; Lessons learned in...
This book is designed to help junior officers of the regular service and militia who are beginning the study of tactics.The problems herein are simpler and for the more usual operations of small forces of infantry and of cavalry, such as patrols,...
These lectures give an outline of the organization of the British Army from an administrative point of view, with regards to supply and transportation.
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 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...
This book discusses the duties of the Canadian Corps trench officers, based on examples from the British Army. Includes trench orders, battalion trench standing orders, brigade standing orders for the trenches, and the 55th (West Lancashire)...
This pamphlet is designed for the guidance of meteorological observers, providing information on the uses of equipment and terminology of meteorology. Discusses barometers, wind measurments, thunderstorms, weather and clouds, and correct use of...
Translated from supplements of the Marine Rundschau by Second Lieutenant H. Hossfeld. This report recounts the course of the war on sea and the naval operations of the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War. Also includes comments on the progress...
The history of the 6th Division, written in 1919 by the G-2, includes the organization and training before deployment, movement overseas and final training, operations of occupying Gerardmer and the Meuse-Argonne, post-Armistice activities, return...
Regulations effective October 1, 1926, issued for the guidance of civilian officials and employees of departments and independent establishments, except the Postal Service, while traveling on official Government business.
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.
These notes by the German General Staff covers protection against airplane attacks, gas protection, telephone communications, and a conference on intelligence.