This is volume I describing Japanese and German forces in World War I. It is broken down by chapters discussing the cause of the war, an outline of the Japanese plan for operations and the progress of the campaign, Battle of Shin-men-shan and of...
This document contains a lecture given at the General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It addresses the organization of the War Department and lesser headquarters in so far as they relate to the Adjutant General's Department, the...
Sections detail information on the inspection and maintenance of mount, a general description of the 12-inch howitzer railway mount (recoil mechanism, elevating / traversing mechanism, ammunition crane, brakes, foundation, muzzle support, etc.),...
This document on the machine-gun squadron drill details information regarding the organization, with definitions, allocation of duties, and mounted drill for a machine-gun squadron.
Historical Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff
This document details the operations of the 2d American Corps in the Somme Offensive during World War I. Items discussed include the general situation, 33d Division, the 27th and 30th Divisions, the German position, plan of operations, the attack...
This paper on the subject of "The Organization of Naval Command" is designed to develop in somewhat greater detail the views on command expressed in Chapters II and III of the pamphlet "Sound Military Decision". It proposes to set forth the manner...
Translated from German documents pertaining to the Cantigny operation. Contains the selected documents of the 18th Army, XXVI Reserve Corps, 82d Reserve Division and the 272 Reserve Infantry Regiment.
Pamphlet is intended as a guide to the large subject of army organizations. Contains the general principles upon which the organization of all armies were built and the historic points in the development of the main branches of the service.
An introduction details the confusion in diplomacy during the years 1933-1939. Other topics include: reorientation of Bolshevik foreign policy; why the totalitarians shifted their policies; strategical shifts; economic shifts; political shifts;...
Strategy is the art of concentrating superior combat power in a theater of operations at the required time and place and under conditions which will favor the defeat or destruction of the enemy's armed forces in battle. One of most momentous...
This is a staff presentation which highlights the following topics: categories of naval forces; the strategic function of the battle fleet; the theater of war; material conditions that influence strategic success; initial strategic deployment of...
This document contains a series of reports based as a result of observation of the activities of the Italian armies in East Africa. Report no. 1 dealt with the operations of the Italian armies on the northern front. Report 2 considered the...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1921. The document includes four sections detailing the canal operation and trade via Panama, business operations, government, administration, and financial and statistical...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1923. The document addresses canal operations and trade via Panama (traffic, water supply, accidents, salvage operations, etc.). The second section discusses general business...
Discusses a variety of topics including the general situation, organization, division headquarters, the G-1 section of the Division of General Staff, the services and their functions, supply, introduction, concentration of a division in a training...
Report from the Military Attache, Berlin. Discusses the history of the German General Staff school system. Looks at academic and administrative organizations. Also discusses military organizations and weapons and tactical doctrine.
The purpose of the British Army Veterinary Corps is the treatment of all sick and injured animals, during peace and war, in such a methodical way as to increase the efficiency of the Army. This document details how the corps should be run, in which...