Office of the Commanding General - Army Service Forces,
The Secretary of War directed the formation of the New Weapons Board on 17 January, 1944 and instructed the board to gather such technical information and new equipment as it deemed necessary to proceed as soon as possible to North African and...
Research Problem. Joint doctrine does not address the conflict between how the United States Army and the Unified Commanders in Chief (CINCs) prefer to organize ground forces in a theater of operations. The Army prefers a subordinate land component...
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...
Demobilization Branch, Planning Division, Army Service Forces
Report summarizing the pertinent information to plan redeployment of the Army after the fall of Germany. Contains logistical data on troops, personnel, shipping, transfers to the Pacific, garrison forces, and port facilities, War Department...
This monograph addresses the conduct of the operational art within the secondary theater of war. Specifically two aspects of the secondary theater are addressed. First the art of conducting campaigns within the secondary theater is examined, with...
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
This annex outlines theater redeployment and redistribution policies relating to requirements, maintenance, rehabilitation, preservation and packing of supplies and the marking, documentation and movement of supply shipments to ports of embarkation...
Office, U.S. Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
Today the United States confronts an uncertain world. The strategic environment has changed. It no longer has one main enemy and a military force to confront that foe. Instead, the United States must be prepared to deal with a multiple of possible...
The purpose of this status report is to present a comprehensive status of all problems, studies and procedures relating to demobilization and postwar planning, as executed or supervised by the Special Planning Division, War Department Special...
This monograph examines the adequacy of current jungle and infantry doctrine in addressing the conduct of night operations in a jungle environment. Daytime jungle operations already have much in common with night operations in general due to the...
The campaign planning process is the essential link between the strategic and operational levels of war. Since the final large unit operations of World War II, the American military has lost its expertise in campaign planning. The study examines...
This is Signal Corps historical project, F-2b. It is true that the events of each battle are of prime importance to the men who plan the nation's campaigns. The answer has always been to bring the battle report back to headquarters as rapidly and...
This monograph examines the extent to which logistics distribution influences operational art. The thesis is that distribution is the essential element of logistics that facilitates operational art and that secure lines of communication (LOCs) and...
Contains a copy of Headquarters, Communications Zone Planning Directive Series I, No. 4 (Plan "A") Assembly and Staging Areas, dated 14th March, 1945 and Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, Planning Directives, Series 'L', No. 4, dated 1...
This monograph finds that theater commanders, with vital maritime choke points/canals in their theater, should have their J-5 planners develop and integrate a comprehensive counter mine plan into the theater's campaign plans. In the past, regional...
This monograph discusses potential missions for air power once air superiority has been gained in a theater of operations. Options for this usage include interdiction and close air support. These options are analyzed with respect to three types of...