The Palestine Campaign of the First World War exhibited a fighting style that brought with it various challenges in mission command. While General Allenby, commanding the Allied Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), gained several victories in the...
This study analyzes the Palestine Campaign of 1918, fought between the British led Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) and the German-Turkish Army Group, Yilderim. The campaign serves as an historical illustration of the theory of operational...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine a conceptual framework for the analysis of the problems involved of integrating irregular and conventional forces into the same theater of operations. The problem is considered from the perspective of...
Volume 2 of the Final report of the Board of officers appointed to develop proposals for the reorganization of the infantry and airborne infantry regiments includes questionaires and letters requesting views of regimental commanders, proposals for...
Egypt and Palestine offered the British an opportunity to fight a war of movement. Unlike the Western Front, Egypt and Palestine were undeveloped with wide expanses of land. It was ripe for the development of maneuver warfare using the mechanical...
This thesis studied the future material systems, organizational structures and operational concepts of the Force XXI artillery to determine its readiness for the challenges of the twenty-first century. The research design focused on the ability of...
This monograph examines how AirLand Battle doctrine defines and utilizes the term initiative, and how initiative can be achieved at the operational level of war. It concludes that, while doctrine defines initiative as “setting the terms of battle...
This is a report of model stocks required to supply a given number of individuals for a definite period of time for replacement purposes in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
This anthology was inspired by its authors and the Soldiers and Marines they lead. Their experiences and reflections appear in this volume, a collection of battle studies that focus on leadership success, and failure, in the great campaigns of the...
This monograph addresses the suitability of irregular forces for employment at the operational level in support of a conventional campaign. The study is motivated by force shortfalls and resource constraints in U.S. contingency planning for...
This monograph analyzes T.E. Lawrence as a military theorist and campaign planner. It investigates whether Lawrence's development of his own theory of war assisted him in planning the Arab campaign during World War I. The monograph focuses in four...
These observer reports include the following subjects from the 1940s: coral reefs in the Central Pacific; boat landing difficulties; intelligence training at Amphibious Training Center, SWPA, July 1943; amphibious training for intelligence...
This document highlights the military planning conducted by General Allenby. Sections of this document include the general plans for 1918, preparations for the attack, military operations, and plans on the Palestine front. The author mentions the...
This monograph is a case study examining the substitution of the Cold War strategy of large forward deployed military forces and nuclear deterrence for the Post Cold War strategy of global engagement and leadership and the implications of that...
Office of Chief Quartermaster, Head Quarters, European Theater Operations, U.S.A.
This report consists of the Class I plan for an operation on the continent and appendices A-L referred to in part I. It includes the logistics of status of supply, planned use of rations and supplies, bakery, coffee and refrigeration plan, supply...
Field artillery field manual (1940) which contains reference data of special value to field artillery personnel in the theater of operations, or references to authorized training literature containing these data.