In 1801, Yusef Caramanli, ruler of Tripoli, declared war on the United States. Yusef expected the United States to agree to pay tribute in exchange for protection from Tripolitan corsairs. Instead, President Thomas Jefferson sent the navy. Four...
This paper proposes to present an estimate of the capabilities of the Axis powers to wage chemical warfare in its principal phases, without special emphasis on toxic gases, which may or may not be encountered. Germany, Italy, and Japan are...
Authors and historians have made the words Market-Garden and intelligence failure virtually synonymous. Is this really the case? Operation Market-Garden, the plan envisioned by Field Marshal Montgomery, would open the gate into Germany and...
"In making the following study of certain attacks upon fortified harbors it was my object to make an analysis of each campaign, and of them all collectively, in order to attempt to derive well grounded conclusions as to future wars."
Mentores: o dilema continua. Major Edward Cox, Exército dos EUA; A ideia de que o acompanhamento de mentores é desejável e essencial para o desenvolvimento da liderança profissional no Exército tornou-se axiomática nos últimos anos. Uma...
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Historical Division
This is one of a series of studies prepared as first narratives in the over-all history of the AAF. It details the heavy bomber and its influence on transition, transition procedure under the expansion program (1939-1941), WWII and the trend of...
This English-Portuguese Dictionary of Military Terminology was developed and has been provided on line as a service in response to many requests received at Military Review by officers serving in Portuguese-speaking nations. The Portuguese-language...
Ordens de operações e liderança: complicando aquilo que é simples. Major L. Lance Boothe, Exército dos EUA; Quando o Marechal de Campo Erwin Rommel, do Exército Alemão, preparou para reconquistar a Cirenaica na África do Norte durante a...
Las órdenes de operaciones y el liderazgo: complicando la simplicidad. Mayor L. Lance Boothe, Ejército de los EE.UU.; Cuando el Mariscal de Campo alemán Erwin Rommel se preparaba para retomar Cirenaica en África del Norte durante la II GM,...
This paper lends special attention to the characteristics of the weapons employed by both and aircraft and ground troops. Attention is given to the effect of machine gun fire and bombing attack from low-flying aircraft on infantry columns; the...
Globally, potential adversaries are building ever more complex, stronger, and deeper fortifications which are largely immune to the current United States weapons inventory. Advanced construction and design techniques coupled with technological...
Information is given on the harbors, landing facilities, supplies, repair facilities, vulnerability (port security), industry, and health and sanitation in this port summary on Bombay.
December operations of the Third U.S. Army divided themselves into two phases: the pursuit of the enemy in his continued retreat into Germany, and the enemy's Ardennes offensive which by the end of the month Third U.S. Army's slashing flank attack...
A Guerra da Argélia. Coronel Gilles Martin, Exército Francês; A Guerra da Argélia começou em 1º de novembro de 1954 e terminou oito anos mais tarde, em 1962, com a Independência da Argélia. Foi uma guerra colonial entre a França e o povo...
Abandonando a iniciativa? Comando e controle no campo de batalha digitalizado. Capitão Jim Dunivan, Exército dos EUA; As lições imediatas aprendidas das operações Just Cause e Desert Storm fi zeram o Exército considerar o comando móvel sob...