This monograph conducts an analysis of historical data to detect trends in war and the evolution to modern tactical battle. It also investigates the continued use of Lanchester-based attrition models. Military analysts have used the attrition...
Can operational art, an operational concept developed as an analytical tool for conventional conflict, be useful for an asymmetrical conflict of countering terrorism? Operational art is the method of linking strategic objectives into operational...
The Pacific Ocean Areas (POA) Casualty Report No. II contains army casualty statistics for the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Palaus and Leyte campaigns. Includes POA battle casualties and non-battle casualties.
Contains statistics and charts regarding the results of missions (locations, targets, achievements, hits, etc), the cost of missions, a breakdown of the combat effort, maintenance and supply and organization and strength.
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...
Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence
From the introduction: "Spain and Portugal are strategically important because of the geographical relation of the Iberian peninsula to Gibraltar, North Africa, and the western Mediterranean. Of primary significance are transportation facilities....
The purpose of this issue of Special Series is to provide a general subject index of current periodic and serial publications of the Military Intelligence Division, War Department. This index covers the Intelligence Bulletin, Tactical and Technical...
Contains data on actual production by months from July 1, 1940 at the beginning of the War Program, through August 31, 1945, the last month of actual fighting against Japan. Covers aircraft, ships, ordnance and automotive vehicles (guns and small...
The following notes have been received from an
officer with the American expeditionary forces
in France, and are offered as suggestions for
equipment before going abroad.
Headquarters ETOUSA, Office of the Chief of Transportation, Motor Transport Division
This document contains tables of information to help make accurate truck allocations when moving large quantities of army supplies in field operations. Included is lists for quartermaster, ordnance, chemical warfare, engineers, medical and signal...
The principal German infantry weapons are described here in order to enable U.S. troops to identify and, when the opportunity exists, to operate them. Sections include information on pistols, rifles, and grenades, machine guns and mortars, antitank...
This document contains codes for various types of communications used by the 84th ID, including frequencies, call signs, names and numbers for each individual unit.
A network is a system of sensors, information processing and decision-making centers, and firing platforms connected by communications lines. The concept of Network-Centric Warfare originated to solve operational level problems at the joint...
This manual is a guide for artillery commanders at all levels for the employment Honest John battalions. This manual is applicable to units organized under TOE 6-525 or TOE 6-175.
The Department of Defense is also in the process of reevaluating its contribution to homeland security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Of particular concern is the DoD plan for assisting civilian authorities in consequence management...
"This 1941 manual sets forth the nature, types, and purposes of aerial photography with its application to military requirements. The Air Corps functions with respect to aerial photography and the factors affecting the execution of these function...
A Theater Special Operations Command (SOC), a sub-unified command, advises combatant commanders on the capabilities of Special Operations Forces (SOF), provides SOF for employment, and integrates SOF fully into theater plans by planning,...
Analysis of World War II and Korean War information from the Ammunition Log and the 8th Field Artillery Battalion regarding artillery usage. It finds that artillery was used more extensively in Korea than in World War II.
Task Force 45 was a task force of American and British antiaircraft gunners acting as infantry, with Italian Partisans, Brazilians and African American troops fighting by their side. Explains the organization and committing of TF 45. Gives...