Prepared under the direction of the commanding general, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma : lessons, questions and answers …
These 1942 lessons were prepared under the direction of the Commanding General, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Sill and prescribed for use as an aid to training.
Alford, Thomas; Martinez, David; Shull, Joseph; Buchanan, Jerry; Streifel, Stephen
Thesis Statement: The decisions and planning of senior leaders, both German and American, resulted in the last major defeat of the German Republic at the Battle of the Bulge.
Discussion: Adolph Hitler, knowing that his army was on the brink of...
Contents include: World War II and Battle of the Bulge chronologies; WWII allied conferences; Allied Command architecture and order of battle; the U.S. Army in December 1944; biographical sketches- senior allied commanders; German command...
This monograph investigates the organization and capabilities of the Army aviation support battalion and answers the question: Can the proposed aviation support battalion provide single source logistics to the divisional aviation brigade in...
This study identifies measures that can be taken by commanders to minimize the occurrence and impact of battlefield stress before and during combat. This is achieved through an examination of the writings of the classic military philosophers,...
Broadly applied strategy-driven initiatives in a local environment may have unintended effects on the targeted nation's local economy. In addition to direct influences, a foreign force's service and resource requirements have the potential to...
This study uses a comparative analysis of the Malayan Emergency, the American experience in Vietnam, and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM to examine the role and effectiveness of artillery units in complex counterinsurgency environments. Through this...
This study uses a comparative analysis of the Malayan Emergency, the American experience in Vietnam, and Operation Iraqi Freedom to examine the role and effectiveness of artillery units in complex counterinsurgency environments. Through this...
Blitzkrieg has been variously described as strategy, tactics, and even operational art. This ambiguity, coupled with a misinterpretation of this form of offensive combat, can cause false conclusions when studying the history of World War II and...
When President Woodrow Wilson ordered approximately 150,000 National Guardsmen to the southern border in 1916, the United States was on the verge of all-out war with Mexico. The rapid mobilization and deployment of the Guard forces broke the rapid...
This study will first analyze the Brigade Aviation Element (BAE) and determine if the BAE can provide the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) commander with a staff component capable of integrating aviation assets into the BCT scheme of maneuver. Next, it...
Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the airfield attack subset of the counter-air role became increasingly hazardous to attacking aircrews due to improvements and proliferation of anti-air weapons. The United States and coalition air forces in...
Movements relative to concentration for Operations Buffalo and Grasshopper will be effected in accordance with enclosed movement tables- contains outline plan for Operation Buffalo, artillery to support operations, anti-tank defense, field...
The Department of Defense has a mission to fight and win two major theaters of war in "close succession." Mobility is the critical link, providing the capability to deploy forces and meet mission requirements. One aspect of mobility critical to...
Ministry of National Defence, Historical Service of the Army
Without prejudging the official historical account which will be published in due time, the object of this pamphlet is to place the Belgian Army Campaign of May 1940 in its true perspective, in relation with the Allies' General plan of operations....
The purpose of this paper was to study the practice of military art at the operational level of war. The story of Wellington's ultimate success against Napoleon's Marshals was selected as a case study as it seemed rich in the application of mental...
According to JP 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, battle management is "The management of activities within the operational environment, based on the commands direction, and guidance given by appropriate...