This publication brings up to date the original history published by Colonel Elvid Hunt in 1927 and revised by Captain Walter E. Lorence in 1937. It contains a chronology of events from 1937 - 1951.
This study covers the march toward Virton in relation to advance guard cavalry reconnaissance, liaison, and infantry advance guard. Included is a translation by the author of "Vers Virton by Grasset" in Revue d'Infanterie of August 1924, pages...
This monograph examines General J. Lawton Collins' career and argues that his command style was characterized by technical and tactical competence, the practical ability to lead from the front and sound judgment. This monograph examines these key...
In an address to the 2d command class at the Fort Leavenworth C&GS School, Brig. Gen. D. O. Hickey discusses the tools and potentials of emerging science and technology.
Address given 10 June 1946, giving an overall view of guided missiles. Discusses the birth of the program during World War II in America, Germany and Japan and also looks at the then-current capabilities and situation.
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
This study details the marches by the French division with line of contact, engagement, and final decisive blow discussed. Includes a translation from "Une Brigade au feu (21-22 August, 1914)" by E.L.V. Cordonnier.
This study discusses the operations and advance of the Second Army and operations of the land and naval forces in cooperation from the Battle of Nan-Shan to Wa-Fan-Gou.
This paper discusses the air operations in support of the 89th Division during World War I in the St. Mihiel Offensive. Topics in the paper include organization and location, preparation for the attack, the attack on September 12th, events of 13...
Includes a listing of the school staff members, instructors, list of graduates, class questionnaire, study of academic performance and grading for the school year 1938-39.
This paper discusses how to best organize, provide for and control the antiaircraft protection of infantry and cavalry divisions whether acting independently or as part of a larger unit.
This text deals specifically with the employment of the antitank units within the infantry division. Since the infantry division is the basic organization of the army, the discussion is based on the principal types of operations in which a division...
The topic of this study involves the special uses of teletypewriters which are considered as analogous to military signal requirements in the combat zone. There is a brief description of the teletypewriter, its uses, displacement of Morse operators...
Advocates of Army Leader Development Strategy (ALDS) and the liberal arts share the same goal: cultivation of "agile, adaptive, and innovative" people. Yet, the Army does not have an implementation plan for cultivating these attributes, and its...
This monograph discusses the importance of understanding time and distance factors when planning the operational movement of large units over great distances. Such road movements are complex and require a great deal of time to complete, and the...
Peter Senge introduces the subject of team learning in The Fifth Discipline as one of the necessary disciplines that a group must foster if it is to become a learning organization. It is the fifth "discipline" that organizations must master in...
The instructions, explanations and suggestions are intended to orient the instructors and the student body as to the policy to be followed in the School and to secure uniformity of doctrine and teachings. The memorandum details the School of the...