This summary report on the British Home Guard concludes that the force was just as vital and an important arm of the total defense of any country as any of the other forces, such as the Army and Navy and the Civil Defence Forces. The Home Guard was...
This collection is one of a series describing campaigns in World War II by the 82d (All-American) Division. In the course of these operations the 82d Airborne Division became the first American Airborne Division to fight in two Theaters of...
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 is a critical examination of the combat glider as used in World War II. This study uses the Market-Garden airborne invasion of Holland in 1944 to determine whether the glider was cost effective as a system of airborne assault. Cost...
As America's collective memory of the Second World War fades, popular history books and the entertainment industry have filled the knowledge gap with accounts from the European Theater. A resurgence in works focusing on the war in the Pacific has...
This report covers the training in North Africa of the American Airborne and troop carrier units, the final organization and preparation at takeoff airfields, the drop itself, and the first week of operation. The report is based upon observations...
Report generated in North-west Africa by military observers observing airborne operations and a study of the practicability of future airborne operations from airdromes based in North Africa. Report contains two sections, the first containing...
This postwar Intelligence bulletin purpose is to furnish intelligence on foreign military forces to the junior officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. Subjects include weapons, strategy, and tactics. Sep 1943 - Aug 1944 are in this section.
This thesis evaluates current parachute infiltration doctrine aimed at achieving secrecy during the insertion. It also presents a new concept which uses the new ram-air, high performance type parachute. The study initially undertakes an examination...
This postwar Intelligence bulletin purpose is to furnish intelligence on foreign military forces to the junior officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. Subjects include weapons, strategy, and tactics. Sep 1942 - Aug 1943 are in this section.
On 27th May 1942 two Czech Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) displayed extraordinary courage when they assassinated Reinhardt Hedrick of the German Army. Hedrick was appointed as Administrator/Protector of Bohemia and Moravia by the German Government...
Who was Reinhard Heydrich? He was probably the ablest Nazi ofthem all-a SS-General, a Police General, a Luftwaffe pilot, a linguist, a musician and a superb bureaucrat (Cowdery, Ray and Peter Vodenka. Reinhard Heydrich: Assassination!). Few know...
As Adolf Hitler conquered most of the European continent in 1939-1941, the small island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea became vital to future operations in the Mediterranean region for both the Axis and Allied powers. If the Allies controlled...
A combined airborne-troop carrier maneuver was conducted in the North Carolina maneuver area in the general vicinity of Camp Mackall, North Carolina during the period of 5 January 1944 to 9 January 1944, inclusive.
Thesis Statement: Deception and secrecy ensured Operation Overlord success. Discussion: The invasion of France was an extremely difficult undertaking conducted by the Allies and the results were nothing short of monumental and heroic. Invading...
This study traces the development of the United States Army's airborne concept during World War II. More than any other precedent, German airborne operations against Crete influenced the evolution of U.S. Army airborne doctrine, organization and...