This monograph examines the usefulness of defensive culmination to the operational level planner. A working definition of the theoretical concept is advanced and then examined against the backdrops of historical campaigns, current doctrine, and...
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Expeditionary Troops Task Force 56
Journal of G-2 Section regarding intelligence on the air and land defenses of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. Information on the preparation phase, photography, maps, communications, personnel,...
Journal of the staff officers, Fleet Marine Force, regarding operations during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan, Guam and Tinian during World War II. Includes reports from air, naval gunfire, engineer, signal, medical, transport...
This periodic journal deals with the procurement, supply and maintenance of equipment, the movement, evacuation, and hospitilization of personnel, and casualty burial during Operation Forager in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. May-June 1944
Journal of Amphibious Group One regarding naval operations during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan, Guam, and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II.
In 1866, the need for additional troops to the west lead to the creation of several additional Cavalry Regiments (Herr and Wallace 144). The famous 7th, 9th and 10th Regiments are among the units formed bringing the total Regular Cavalry Regiments...
The Buffalo Soldiers is a true story that spans nearly five decades of American history. The story of the American Buffalo Soldier is a story of courage and patriotism. African American Soldiers in unprecedented numbers served in the United States...
This paper discusses General Townshend's British Army problems caused by the shortage of, or absence of adequate supplies in their advance on Baghdad and the underlying reasons for the failure.
This paper discusses the life of Napoleon, his military leadership in victories at Arcole and Ligny, and how he differed in his handling of these two battles.
In February 1942, the War Department established the first Airborne [artillery] Test Battery to conduct experiments and determine the feasibility of parachute field artillery. In just over a year's time, the notion of airborne field artillery,...
The Battle of Stalingrad was a disaster. The German Sixth Army consisted of over 300,000 men when it approached Stalingrad in August 1942. On 2 February 1943, 91,000 remained; only some 5,000 survived Soviet captivity. Largely due to the success of...
The 1st Armored Division was the first American armored unit to enter combat against German panzer divisions in World War II. A product of the contentious mechanization process between the First and Second World Wars, the division soon found itself...
World War II saw the development of airborne operations and airborne warfare to the point where an airborne operation- that is, the forces and techniques of which it is composed and their use- could be looked upon as an additional weapons system of...
A narrative report produced by General Dwight Eisenhower on the invasion of North Africa by the Allied Forces in 1942. Areas covered in the report are the creation of the Allied Force; the planning considerations; the invasion; the race for...
United States. Marine Corps. Fleet Marine Force. G-5 Section
This G-5 report of Expeditionary Troops for the Forager Operation, covering tactical planning for the assault from inception until promulgation of the operation plan.
Operation orders for the invasion of Okinawa-Shima and Ryukyu-Retto. Orders covered amphibious operations, supply requirements, evacuation procedures and includes annexes.
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.