Hearings before the General Board of the Navy, 1917, vol. 1 and vol. 2 [personnel of Merchant Marine, naval constructor stocker, memorandum for the General Board, aeronautics, wireless, gunnery, fire control, submarine detection, mines and mining,...
These are reports regarding the various questions of law arising during the military occupation of the islands ceded or yielded by Spain under the Treaty of Paris.
This outline plan was prepared jointly by a British - American group of planners, under the direction of the Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, United states Army. It is designed to initiate and give direction to more detailed...
This narrative comprises Part II of the history of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. It covers the eight months from September 1, 1944 until the end of the European war on 8 May 1945. Continued from Part I, chapters 12-18 include military...
Over 80 pages of maps of World War II. "SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, JULY 1, 1943, TO JUNE 30, 1945, TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR."
There are several topics discussed in this document regarding the operations surrounding the port that was Cherbourg during the Second World War. Military planning included how plans were made and then changed. Contents revealed administering the...
The following study provides a description and analysis of the training of Chemical Warfare Service units, beginning with the emergency period before United States entry into WWII and proceeding through June 30, 1944. Topics include unit training...
The purpose of this report is to present the salient features of Japanese tactics and techniques employed during the Burma Campaign from November 1943 through September 1944. The report is written for the benefit of (1) combat units which have...
This volume contains information on the following topics: German Air Force, Royal Air Force, story of VIII Fighter Command, staff work at command and the planning of missions, enemy reactions, divebombing, and strafing, D-Day and after.
At the basic level, this study provides an insight into how two foreign armies conducted field operations in the days just before World War II. Of particular interest is the manner in which Japanese stereotypes of Soviet tactics and doctrine...
This study examines the extensive experiences of the Soviet Army as it struggled to master the night. Driven by necessity to operate in the relative safety of darkness, the Soviet Army in World War II learned to capitalize on night operations and...
The author has reconstructed a comprehensive two-part account of the 1945 Soviet Manchurian campaign. This Leavenworth Paper offers an operational overview of the campaign, while Leavenworth Paper no. 8 expands the general campaign analysis in...
The author has adopted a twofold approach to the Aitape campaign. In the first part of his Leavenworth Paper, he examines the strategic and operational levels of the battle, particularly command decision making and its relationship to Ultra. The...
This Leavenworth Paper is a critical reconstruction of World War II Ranger operations conducted at or near Djebel el Ank, Tunisia; Porto Empedocle, Sicily; Cisterna, Italy; Zerf, Germany; and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. It is not intended to be...
In the seventy years that have passed since the tank first appeared, antitank combat has presented one of the greatest challenges in land warfare. Dramatic improvements in tank technology and doctrine over the years have precipitated equally...
Primarily using Soviet soldierss, the author has written a comprehensive study of the 1944 Soviet offensive conducted to clear German forces from the approaches to Murmansk. Its focus is at the operational level of war, with emphasis on the...
In this paper the Battle of Okinawa is analyzed from the vantage point of the Japanese defenders. Basing his work on extensive research in Japanese military archives, the author affords the reader a view of the Okinawa battles literally from "the...