This paper discusses the form of attack known as the wide envelopment and queries its practicability with present day aviation and communication facilities available to intelligence agencies.
Translated from German. Analysis from a leadership point of view of the Tannenberg battle and results of the military decisions and actions of the leaders. "Tannenberg is not the work of a single person. It is the result of the excellent schooling...
This book treats of the tactics of small units as illustrated by examples drawn from the World War. It checks the ideas acquired from peacetime instruction against the experience of battle. By the use of numerous historical examples, the reader is...
The study presents the coordinated attack of the I German Corps against the left flank of the Second Russian Army, illustrating the important lessons of close support of the infantry by artillery in the attack, a vigorous pursuit conducted, and...
This study focuses on the principle of security and how the French Fourth Army incorporated it into their operations. Includes a translation : "Requette--"Etude Tactique" (Combat between the French 3d Colonial Division and the German VI Corps at...
This paper contains a narrative of the events, with deductions of which lessons learned will be of value in the planning of future military operations. Included is a translation from the German, of Vol, III, Reichsarchiv, Der Weltkrieg 1914, pages...
This paper discusses the situation of the German forces at the Battle of Guise, August 28 - 29, 1914 with special reference to the German Second Army. Included is a translation from the French of La Guarde Allemande a la Bataille de Guise, pages...
The German General Staff launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 assuming the eastern campaign would last only three months. However, within six months after the initiation of hostilities the Red Army blunted the Wehrmacht’s attack outside the...