This paper addresses the employment of tanks and combat cars, whether they should be used exclusively on offensive missions or whether they could also be used on the defense. It expounds on the different foreign views of the British, French,...
This study discusses reconnaissance detachments of division and larger units. The author states that the strength of reconnaissance detachments is influenced by the mission, the sphere of action will generally be governed by the mobility of the...
This document is a study of the employment of liaison officers. An endeavor will be made to show the importance of liaison between units, both large and small, the signal communication facilities required, and the employment of liaison officers,...
This study asks what reliance can be placed on anti-aircraft artillery in defense of cities, fortifications and ground troops from bombers, observation and attack planes, as deducted from past experience, present material, as an independent means...
This study presents information on the need for anti-aircraft artillery, activities of hostile aircraft, and anti-aircraft weapons used in ground defense (types, guns, characteristics and effectiveness, and mission). Also included is the employment...
This study discusses strategic and tactical employment of a mechanized cavalry, organization, considerations of a medical service for a mechanized force, a plan of medical service for a mechanized force in combat, regimental and brigade medical...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problem of the supply and evacuation of a mechanized brigade when such problem is of an unusual nature, when special arrangements must be made for the delivery of the necessary supplies in the amount...
This study explains the extent to which motorization can advantageously be carried in the organization of the infantry division. According to the author, motor transportation has many advantages over animal transportation, and this is compared...
The advance guard of a motorized brigade, when contact is probable, should be composed of units of the greatest mobility, its formation should be one of flexibility, and its operation one of maneuverability. Organization, formation and military...
The study presents a consideration of searchlight employment in some operations involving seacoast defense and the attack and defense of river lines. The purpose of the study was to develop through examination of past and present methods of...
This study describes the Syrian expedition and the second Austrian invasion in World War I. Terrain, plans and operations, Serbian dispositions after the first invasion, the Syrmian expedition, the second Austrian invasion, operations in the...
This document is a study of the effect of increased radius of action on Air Force operations. Military doctrine and primary function (modified operation of both supporting and independent) are major topics. The subheadings under doctrine include...
The purpose of this student paper was to present information relative to the infantry's ability to supply itself with properly trained communication replacements in time of war, to draw conclusions as to what the general plan of training should be,...
In this study, the author reveals that the German system of evacuation and hospitalization was defective in its organization. There was not sufficient medical department personnel for the proper operation of aid stations, and treatment and...
This document presents the military geography of the IV Corps area. Political, physical, human, commercial geography are all discussed. There is a section regarding possible plans open to a hostile expedition landing in the IV Corps area. There are...
This paper discusses air defenses of Germany, France, England, and the United States. The author analyses what the defensive means were for each country before and during the war, and the importance of a planned and proper defense during all...
This study covers the heroic defense of the Oise in the vicinity of Guise by the 228th Reserve Infantry Regiment (French) during the 28th and 29th of August 1914. It includes the concentration, advance and retirement of the IV Reserve Corps....
This paper presents information on the forms of attack that may be expected against harbor defenses, general functions and the composition of a harbor defense, the separate functions of the Navy, the Air Corps, and the Coast Artillery in harbor...
There is no region of this world that not experienced wars, but while many parts of the world have moved towards greater political and economic stability and co-operation, sub-Saharan Africa remains a cauldron of instability and economic...