The United States entered "the war to end all wars" seventy years ago, but much may still be learned from a study of that vast military and diplomatic experience. Accordingly, the Center of Military History is now bringing back into print a series...
This textbook used by the Army School of the Line and the Army Staff School in the year 1919-1920, discusses the organization, deployment and equipment of machine gun units.
This study presents a picture of the German military situation, dispositions, and plans up until dawn of July 15, 1918, and a discussion of operations of the 3rd American Division in the Champagne-Marne Defensive.
This paper asks why the 2d Division was relieved 19 July, 1918, and the reasons behind this; the author questions whether the relief was based on normal conditions. There is an appended copy of the report from the Commanding General of the 2d...
The following significant dates in the history of the First Division are, listed in order to facilitate research and study. 1. The organization of the First Division began on May 23, 1917. 2. It sailed for France beginning June 12, 1917. 3. The...
This study describes the operations of the French XX Corps, French Tenth Army (American 1st and 2nd Divisions, Moroccan 1st Division), in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18-23 July, 1918. Information on ambulance companies, field hospitals, other...
Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 irrevocably changed the European geopolitical framework. After 1935, Mussolini would come increasingly under Hitler's influence. Hitler would also begin to free Germany from the restrictions imposed by the...
Counterinsurgency is the most common conflict that America engages in. From the Mexican-American War to the Philippine Insurrection and small wars of the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) focused on sanitation, hygiene programs...
This study is a narrative of the events encountered by the 602d Engineers, the road plan of the V Corps for the attack, and the traffic situation at Avocourt with accompanying evaluations. Includes a copy of the Fifth Army Corps road plan dated 23...
This study aims to present the allied plans, as well as and information secured and evaluated by German forces concerning allied plans. Included are consolidated daily tables of information that show which G-2 agencies were employed throughout the...
The study presents the gas operations of the French Tenth Army, the gas operations of the German forces, and the influence of gas operations on the action of the French Tenth Army 18-23 July, 1918. One map is included in the document which shows...
This study reveals G-2 operations and their value during the action of the 1st Division, 18-23 July, 1918. The paper lists memorandums and field orders during this time frame and the importance of written records.
The study presents G-2 operations and their value during the action of the 2d Division, 18-19 July, 1918. One map which is described as a sketch of zone of action of the 2d Division in included in the document.
This study asks in what fundamentals did the tactical methods of the French XX Corps in the action of 18-23 July, 1918, differ from the present doctrine of the Command and General Staff School. Several topics include surprise, technique, artillery,...
This paper describes the measures taken to obtain surprise in the operations of the French XX Corps from July 13th-23rd, 1918. The author states the Aisne-Marne Offensive illustrates skillful application of the factors secrecy, preparation, and...
This study shows how the 1st Division, in order to employ the principle of surprise, observed the element of secrecy in moving into position for the attack of 1 October, then lost much of its value through a delay of 3 days. Topics discussed...
This document is a study of the military operations of the 26th Infantry. The paper is broken down into a record of daily accounts of the attack. There is one map covering the operations of the 26th Infantry during the period 17-23 July, 1918.
This paper is a study of the operations of the 23rd Infantry, 17-20 July, 1918. Special reference is given to whether or not the sacrifice in organization and preparation for the attack in order to secure surprise and secrecy and rapidity in...