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...
Contains information on military operations pertaining to the capture, occupation, defense and development of Okinawa Island, and establishment of control of sea and air in the Ryukyu area; including tactical organization, maps, intelligence, field...
This paper examines how the nature of the contemporary conflict environment shapes the military contribution to interagency operations. Modern conflict is increasingly centered on a changed manifestation of war from a contest between state based...
Military History Section, Headquarters, Far East Command; 1st-7th Historical Detachment
This document contains information supplied by U.S. Corps and Division commanders for use in monograph "Inter-allied coordination and cooperation during combat operations", prepared by 1st-7th Historical Detachment. In seeking this information, an...
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 attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, originating from Afghanistan, and the earthquake in January 2010 that devastated Haiti illustrate the different dangers that weak and failed states represent to the international...
Army Extension Course special text no. 273 prepared under the direction of the commandant of the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
There is a strong institutional push in the Army today emphasizing technology and systematic command processes over human ability as keys to battlefield supremacy. This argument discounts the historically vital role of the ground tactical...
The United States entered "the war to end all wars" seventy years ago, but much may still be learned from a study of that vast military and diplomatic experience. Accordingly, the Center of Military History is now bringing back into print a series...
A series of four after action reports by the Ninth Infantry Division pertaining to operations in Southern Tunisia, Sicily, and France. Reports contain maps and overlays of the operations.
Department of Tactics-U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Artillery tactics is defined as the art of disposing artillery troops, guns, ammunition and communications in the presence of the enemy so as to apply its maximum fire power in such a manner as will assist the infantry in accomplishing its mission.
This 1942 plan organizes the information contained in numerous texts as well as that gained from experience, into a usable form, so that it may be utilized as a practical guide by Battery Commanders in preparing for and conducting the tactical...
"The unit which holds the latest certificate of full fledged membership to the artillery family is the FA Rocket Battalion. With the recent great strides made in the development of propellants, rocket engines and launchers, the rocket has risen...