This study analyzes critical components of the initiative and synchronization tenets of AirLand Battle and U.S. Army command and control doctrines to determine if command and control of river crossing doctrine is compatible. It examines these...
The focus of this thesis is to determine how U.S. Army corps and divisions ensure deliberate gap crossings, a type of combined arms operation, are planned using operational art. Examination of doctrine for gap crossings shows gap crossings to be...
This monograph examines whether current U.S. Army river crossing doctrine is adequate to meet the unique challenges of tomorrow's battlefield. Under the Air-Land Battle Future Concept (ALB-F) the future battle-field is expected to be highly...
Translation of a Japanese document concerning principles of river crossing for the Japanese Army. Discusses characteristics of large rivers in an anticipated theater of operation, practical steps and methods for a successful and swift river...
This monograph is a doctrinal and historical analysis of river crossings by the United States and the Soviet Union. Initially, there is a discussion of the impact of AirLand Battle doctrine has on river crossings which concludes that the hasty...
Staff Group 19 A; Liddell, Robert J.; Babiker, Mohamed Elamin; Collins, William P.; Couch, Timothy H.; Donnelly, Michael E.; Edwards, Joseph R.; Franzello, Arty J.; Harrell, William S.; Morrison, Charles M.; Nickisch, Ward B.; Nitta, Alan S.;...
On 21 March 1945, the Fifth Infantry Division was alerted to prepare to launch a surprise night crossing of the Rhine River at Oppenheim, Germany. Despite the haste involved in the assault timing, engineers made elaborate preparations for...
This monograph analyzes the capability of the US Army to conduct deliberate division river crossing operations today. The Korean Peninsula, Southwest Asia, and the plains of Europe all have major rivers. Combat operations in a major regional...
This study researches the positioning of the current Heavy Division Bridge Company to best support River Crossing Operations. Numerous changes in force structure, size of the force, and optimum use of engineer capabilities have raised valid...
Staff Group 19 A; Liddell, Robert J.; Babiker, Mohamed Elamin; Collins, William P.; Couch, Timothy H.; Donnelly, Michael E.; Edwards, Joseph R.; Franzello, Arty J.; Harrell, William S.; Morrison, Charles M.; Nickisch, Ward B.; Nitta, Alan S.;...
On 21 March 1945, the Fifth Infantry Division was alerted to prepare to launch a surprise night crossing of the Rhine River at Oppenheim, Germany. Despite the haste involved in the assault timing, engineers made elaborate preparations for...
Recent operations have demonstrated that units executing rapid yet protracted operations continue to experience significant problems in maintaining tempo. Whether attacking or defending, forces are likely to execute a passage of lines. This is...
This document describes meeting the Metz defense line, the fortified region of Metz, plan, deployment and opposing forces, pinpointing Metz, encirclement and entry, action in the north, and the march to the Saar for the XX Corps during World War...
This study is an historical analysis of the demonstrated Russian and American artillery procedures and principles which were instrumental in the success of river crossing operations during World War II. Each army's concept and doctrine is examined...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
Historians have largely agreed that Pemberton should shoulder the blame for the poor Confederate performance during the Vicksburg campaign. General consensus exists among American Civil War historians that Pemberton proved a confused, indecisive,...
Committee 15, Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School, 1948-1949; Cantey, J.; Sykes, J. R.; Peyton, J. L.; Edmondson, C. C.; Noel, J. C.; Drews, R. E.; Crouch, H. J.; Stockton, J. B.
This is a story of the 10th Armored Division and what the division did in the Saar-Moselle Triangle during November and December of 1944, and again in February 1945. This document considers the actions of the division from about the 8th of...
In this combat lessons document, topics include information on leadership, replacement orientation, river crossing suggestions, the story and song of Rodger Young, patrol pointers, how not to patrol, photo-orientation methods, engineering...
This monograph analyzes the 1973 Sinai Campaign in light of the theoretical implications that this historical model has to offer the professional soldier. Following a chronological format, this paper discusses the major elements of the planning and...
This study examines current river crossing doctrine to determine its compatibility with current force structure and the AirLand Battle concept of the modern battlefield. Using the historical example of the 80th Infantry Division's assault crossing...
The Rhine River has been long recognized as one of the most formidable obstacles to military movement on the European Continent, and its crossing was the object of the most intensive planning and preparatory effort made by Ninth Army while...