This status report, which includes seven appendices, sets forth the planning assumptions, problems, and summarizes the studies and the progress which have been made regarding the problems of demobilization. Discussed are the following: status of...
Historical Division, Headquarters European Command
This document gives examples of partisan warfare and describes historical events that took place from 1941 to 1943 in the Eastern theater of war. Included is the first clash with partisans, partisan fighting in subterranean stone quarries, partisan...
This manuscript, which deals primarily with artillery flash and sound ranging, was prepared in 1949 by German authorities in this field. There are discussions on the mission of reconnaissance artillery, surveying, organization, the observation...
This account covers the operations of the New Zealand Division in the Second Libyan offensive and has been written with the intention of giving a general picture of the battle.
This document contains information on weapons, warships, floating docks, lists of U.S. warplanes and warships with specification and estimated construction plans, and notes on map of Western Hemisphere and Pacific Ocean.
Research and Analysis Section of Combat Intelligence, Office of the AC of S, G-2
This document gives demographics and information about Peiping, China during the Second World War. The focus is on terrain, climate, roads/railways/waterways, airfields, Japanese and Chinese forces in the Peiping area, defenses, military supply and...
The purpose of this book is to report additional data which have been accumulated on terminal ballistics and should be of assistance in the selection and use of weapons and ammunition against specific targets. Topics in this volume include bomb...
Both MS # B-343 and MS # B-156 were prepared by General Inf Reinhard in the spring of 1946. MS # B-343 was prepared as a series of answers to the specific questions in the Historical Division entitled "Working brief for use of German military...
Historical Record Branch, Office of Technical Information
In this historical summary, an effort has been made to present briefly the conditions existing at the New York Port of Embarkation during the period of transition from peacetime operations to the period of preparation for meeting the demands of an...
Far East Command, Military History Section, Japanese Research Division
This Japanese operational monograph covers the plans and operations of Japanese air units during the 1st Philippines Operation and was compiled to supplement the monographs covering Navy and ground operations. Topics include the operational plan,...
Research and Analysis Section of Combat Intelligence, Office of the AC of S, G-2
This document gives demographics and information about Hong Kong and Canton. The focus is on geography, highways and other sources of transport, ports and facilities, counterintelligence, communications, and government among other topics.
The war in Italy required new techniques to deal with challenges imposed by topography, climate, road-net, the construction of its buildings and the location of its villages. Non-administrative portions of this document address those challenges. ...
A translation of top-level directives issued by Hitler and by the Armed Forces High Command (OKW) from 1939-1945. Also includes some top-level naval directions (OKM), showing the Navy’s reaction. Some early directives are not included because...
Second volume of top-level directives issued by Hitler and the German Armed Forces High Command from 1939 through 1945. The directives of the later years of the war clearly reflect the change in the character of German warfare from large-scale...
Contains digests 1-24. Brief study of certain European trends and developments in field artillery furnished for general interest and to show results of the (then) present war.
Lays out the argument of the problem of international responsibility under criminal law and discusses German crimes in World War II, the Treaty of Versailles, the concept and classification of international crimes, the crimes of the Hitlerites...
Translated from original Japanese. Monograph deals with military operations in North China from the time of the outbreak of the China Incident in July 1937 to the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941. It discusses the China Incident to the...
Brings together all available information on the Japanese recruiting and replacement system. Covers conscription, call-up and officer procurement. Discusses the territorial organization of the Japanese Army, replacement systems, divisional and...