This study analyzes the operational performance of the 28th Infantry Division during a period of high intensity combat in the European Theater of Operations. The focus is on the difficulties the division experienced within its subordinate infantry...
Covers the Ha-go Operation, the Kan Operations, the Mai Operation and the termination of the war from the perspective of a former staff officer of the 28th Army named Aiichi Okamura.
In September of 1944, Major General Leonard T. Gerow, the V Corps commander was relieved of command in combat to return to the United States and testify before the Army's Investigation Board on Pearl Harbor. The board eventually found General Gerow...
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...
Clark, Carey A.; Gaustad, John M.; Sheffey, John P.; Jacobs, William B.; St. John, Adrian; Dwan, Robert D.; Reberry, Gerald V.
Study assembles available data on the use of armor in the Hurtgen Forest between 14 September and 15 December 1944 and evaluates the contribution of armor to the First United States Army offensive in this area. Also provides student interpretations...
This study discusses the 1st Division encounter with gas warfare in Cantigny and covers equipment used, types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
This study discusses the 32nd Division encounter with gas warfare in the advance to Fismes and covers types of gases, military operations, German Army movement, and analyzes the actual attack.
This study proceeds from the general description of the unit reconstitution system used in the two world wars to the particular reconstitution of the 28th Infantry Division during and after the Schmidt, Germany operation of November 1944. There is...
The history of the 628th Tank Destroyer Bn. in training and combat, prepared by and for the men who saw action with the battalion in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany.
History of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion in training and combat, prepared by and for the men who saw action with the battalion in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany.
The following significant dates in the history of the First Division are, listed in order to facilitate research and study. 1. The organization of the First Division began on May 23, 1917. 2. It sailed for France beginning June 12, 1917. 3. The...
This monograph discusses the importance of understanding methods and considerations in planning reconstitution operations at the tactical level. It proposes that reconstitution operations are based on planning and the availability of manpower. It...
This monograph examines the importance of a commander's ability to sense the terrain. The discussion relates this ability to the commander's ability to act faster than the enemy. This agility is critical to tactical success. As agility is one of...
To encourage further research in the history of World War I and to fill a gap in the Army's historical documentation of that conflict, the Center of Military History has created a World War I series of publications consisting of new monographs and...