Research Problem. The Army does not use leader initiative as a criteria to design units. Yet, Army doctrine requires that leaders display initiative on the decentralized battlefield. The Army may therefore not be able to fight on the decentralized...
This monograph analyzes the current challenges facing the U.S. Army and the potential for force structure changes to meet future threats. Allowing for widened spans of control through the addition of a line company to the maneuver battalions of the...
Research and Analysis Section of Combat Intelligence, Office of the AC of S, G-2
This document gives demographics and information about Peiping, China during the Second World War. The focus is on terrain, climate, roads/railways/waterways, airfields, Japanese and Chinese forces in the Peiping area, defenses, military supply and...
War Department, Special Staff, Historical Division
This document contains the technical details developed in the various areas and subjects of the Planning Division with respect to logistics training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and functions. It is intended to...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
This document on Japan's transportation systems includes information on highways (roads, bridges, motor truck transport), railroads (extent of railroad development, administration, railway lines and equipment, and traffic and freight), a general...
This board was appointed to review the types of equipment required for the Army Ground Forces in the post-War Army including equipment for the Army Air Forces in support of ground operations and equipment for service units to a field army. Part A...
This monograph addresses the continued relevance of airpower’s master tenet in light of advances in technology. The purpose of this monograph is to examine the doctrinal assumptions used to justify centralized control with decentralized...
Discusses the bridge-building capabilities of the Japanese, including the criticism of Japanese engineering methods because their bridge construction does not come up to the technical specifications of American standards. The comparison is...
Strategic Logistics Branch, Planning Division, Army Service Forces
This document contains official documents such as memorandums, letters, and communications to and from the Commanding General with respect to logistics, training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and functions. Also...
A review by the board of various types of equipment required for the Army Ground Forces in the postwar Army, including equipment used by the Army Air Forces in direct support of ground operations and equipment for service type units normally a part...
The past ten years, in the absence of a peer threat, have focused on technology and capitalizing on efficiencies. The prospects for future operations as part of the War on Terrorism, the continued refinement of the Interim Brigade, and the decision...
This document includes a history, statistical summary of corps engineers function from D-Day to V-E Day, summary of tactical principles, a complete list of bridges built by corps engineers from D-Day to V-E Day, pictures of engineer work, and an...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views expressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
This monograph analyzes proposed M1A2 tank battalion organizational alternatives presently under consideration by the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. The U.S. Army has undergone numerous armor reorganizations since the invention...
Military intelligence annex to Field Order 12 comprising information on the enemy situation, general background information on Holland, the terrain, weather, conditions of bridges and roads, treatment of prisoners of war, use of maps, and standard...
Weekly intelligence summary of 14th Air Force operations over China during the weeks 2-8 August and 9-15 August and ground operations from 1 August to cessation of hostilities. Includes China's status of railroads, airfields, Shanghai, and...
Field orders containing details pertaining to 82nd Airborne involvement in Operation Market Garden. Includes attack order with annexes on intelligence, air movement tables, signal, and artillery.