In considering the employment of field artillery materiel in antitank defense, many items must be studied including the characteristics and limitations of enemy tank equipment, enemy tactics in the use of tanks, terrain, artificial obstacles,...
In discussing the general question of military intelligence in time of war, the author starts from the undisputed premise that information of the enemy is absolutely essential and must be available in time for use. In any situation there are three...
In making this study the writer has considered those historical examples of engagements in which a commander placed a portion of his force to constrain the enemy along his front, and maneuvered the balance against the flank and rear, deep enough,...
In this paper, the author examines certain events in military history noting the effect of the observance or lack of observance of proper supply considerations on the strategy and success of an operation. Examples were drawn from various struggles...
One of the most important duties which devolve upon Artillery on the field of battle is counterbattery, i.e. the employment of fire against hostile artillery in position. Superiority of artillery fire is one of the prerequisites to success in...
Should accompanying gun (e.g., 75 mm. guns) be made an organic part or infantry regiments, or, on the other hand, should auxiliary weapons such as the now included in the infantry howitzer company be made an organic part or the field artillery?...
The author selected military operations and campaigns between the years 1815 and 1866. The idea behind the study is that employment of maneuver is closely interwoven with and dependent upon many variables of any given situation. The conclusion...
The First Army, AEF captured the St. Mihiel Salient in the early part of September and then had been moved west to attack the strategic objective of the German railroad communications through Mezieres and Sedan. The initial attack of the First...
The following study of the operations in Serbia from August to December 1914, first appeared serially in the "Revue Militaire Francaise" during 1928. It was later published in book form. The book gives a detailed tactical account of the battles of...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the accepted principles and methods of antitank defense, confirm the soundness of these accepted principles and methods or show material reasons for reconsideration of any principles and methods of defense...
The purpose of this paper is to examine those operations of World War I, from which tactical lessons pertaining to the use of tanks or the defense against tanks, can be logically deduced. Topics include Somme operations in 1916, the British spring...
The purpose of this research is to find and present historical examples of the occupation of a position in readiness by forces approximately the size of a division; the examples to be suitable for presentation before the First Year Class at this...
The purpose of this student paper was to present information relative to the infantry's ability to supply itself with properly trained communication replacements in time of war, to draw conclusions as to what the general plan of training should be,...
The purpose of this study is to arrive at a logical answer to the question propounded, by a review of the outstanding uses of our forces during the World War and by a consideration of the leading thought throughout the major nations of the world on...
The purpose of this study is to determine what principles of commercial advertising are applicable to the military problem of arousing, controlling, molding and directing the minds of soldiers to attain a desired military end. Topics include the...
The purpose of this study is to discuss the organization, methods and means employed by the British Expeditionary Forces in France, with reference to supply, from the time of mobilization to the Battle of the Marne; including the principles...
The role of the Air Force in frontier defense is essentially one of obtaining and maintaining air superiority over the area used as a base for the invading force. The author includes approved doctrine, nature of operations, the naval and air...
The study enters into a comparison between two systems of supply and evacuation, both evolved as the result of World War experience by each of the nations concerned and perfected as the result of subsequent study to meet the changes primarily...
THE STUDY PRESENTED -- A comparison of current American doctrines as to the allocation and employment of accompanying artillery with those of the French, British, German, Italian, Russian and Japanese. The meaning of the term "accompanying...
The study presented issues (in the form of questions) by the assigned subject may be summarized as follows: (a) what were methods of supply and transportation in the American First Army at the beginning of the MEUSE-ARGONNE operations? (b) Which of...