This study on Germany consists of information regarding transportation systems such as shipping and ports, railroads, roads and motor transportation, inland navigation, air transportation, and forwarding agencies.
Since the 9/11 attacks, the DHS has increased security measures at airports. On the other hand, it appears on the surface there has been a disregard of seaport protection. The primary question of this thesis is do United States seaports have...
The need for continued expansion of military transportation became increasingly apparent during the Second World War. This paper highlights many issues regarding the importance of transportation including: organizational development;...
One of the enduring controversies of World War II is the debate over the value of the Brittany campaign following the Normandy breakout. The Allies adhered to an Overlord requirement by sending Third Army west to seize port facilities in Brittany,...
Does the Department of Defense's strategic mobility program meet the needs of operational commanders? More importantly, what challenges do operational commanders face because of the inability to project certain capabilities? This monograph argues...
The objective of this monograph is to present a general description of the organization and activities of the transportation zones, including the separate installations over which the zone transportation officers have jurisdiction. More detailed...
This monograph examines the impact of infrastructure on strategic mobility operations. Doctrine does not take a holistic view of strategic mobility. Getting equipment and personnel into a theater of war is only possible if sufficient ports,...
Operation DESERT SHIELD displayed to the world what U.S. and allied forces could do given six months to flow combat power into ports unopposed. Recent studies commissioned by the Joint Staff concluded that the U.S. military will not have that...
The Traffic Control Branch was organized in 1941 "to aid in the movement of such War Department Traffic," and to avoid the experience of World War I transportation. The branch established procedures in an attempt to provide a smooth flow of freight...
Sections on public works and utilities in the Philippines include: power, light and water (hydro-electric and steam, gas plants, and water works and supply); docks, harbors and aids to navigation (ownership and administration, national ports and...
Having been in the strategic wilderness for more than a decade, the South Asian region is again becoming an area of geopolitical rivalry among world powers and regional states. The region was also an area of rivalry between Soviet and US forces...
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
This annex outlines theater redeployment and redistribution policies relating to requirements, maintenance, rehabilitation, preservation and packing of supplies and the marking, documentation and movement of supply shipments to ports of embarkation...
This paper on neutral rights on the high seas and the origins of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War grew out of a much larger and continuing study of the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The rights and duties of both neutrals and...
Operation 'ECLIPSE' may be put into operation either as the result of a formal signature of the Instrument of Surrender by German Plenipotentiaries or alternatively on the decision of the Supreme Commander after the main portion of the German...
War Department, Special Staff, Historical Division
This document contains the technical details developed in the various areas and subjects of the Planning Division with respect to logistics training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and functions. It is intended to...
The Overlord operation is a widely-studied episode in military history. Often overlooked is a little known U.S. operation designed to overcome logistical problems in the Overlord plan. For the first 90 days of combat the Overlord operation would...
This monograph addresses the relationship between power projection operations and urban combat. The facilities which are required for a power projection operation are typically located in urban areas. US doctrine for urban combat is to bypass urban...
Prior to World War II, the port of Cherbourg was a premier deep-water European port for large trans-Atlantic vessels. Throughout World War I, Cherbourg was a hub of activity for the French and was a main base for repair of all naval vessels in...