This document gives insight into the organization of the POW camp system. It discusses prisoner of war labor, food, clothing, medical service and hygiene, Russian treatment of POWs, attitudes of German prisoners of war, propaganda, cultural work,...
This is a trascript of a 1993 interview with Sergeant Major of the Army George W Dunway (USA-ret) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY history book project.
Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Far East, and Eighth U.S. Army, Military History Section, Japanese Research Division
Part two of three parts, this paper compiled by a number of former officers of the Imperial Japanese Army contains five appendices consisting of appropriate excerpts from Japanese Army training manuals. Part 1 contains general discussion of the...
Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
In locating the site for a defensive firing line, it must be divided into three sections : firing line, immediate support and reserves. In doing this several opposing factors should be taken into consideration and their relative importance judged...
In the war against JAPAN relatively few prisoners have been taken. However, the quantity of captured documents of military importance has steadily increased. Their numbers have grown as the Allied forces have turned the tide and progressed from...
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
This pamphlet presents material or combat methods used by and against the Japanese and on the effects upon combat of the physical and climatic conditions existing in the theaters where they have been fought. It is designed to assemble in convenient...
As an Active Component, Reserve Component team chief based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Richard Mohr oversaw the training mainly of National Guard units that were preparing to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Specializing in...
In this March 2009 interview MAJ Tamara Funari, Army Nurse Corps discusses her two-year assignment to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). MAJ Funari describes a typical day and typical...
It must be borne in mind that this book deals with principles and example of methods of warfare, and not fixed rules. There are no fixed methods in warfare. Development in warfare means change of methods or the invention of new ones to overcome...
To gain a working knowledge of this subject, it is emphasized that management is only part of our overall concept of command. Command is the authority an individual in the Military Service lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of his rank...
The object of this document is to indicate briefly the chief characteristics of Japanese behavior in the field as they differ from our own and that of western nations. Descriptions of Japanese tactics is based on observation of actual practice and...
This booklet consists of extracts from issues of "Battle Experiences", published in the European Theater of Operations from 1 July 1944 to 1 April 1945. This compilation is intended to present certain ideas and methods evolved during more than nine...
This book examines the origins of military customs of the United States Army. Including the customs of weddings, funerals, titles, clothing, slang expressions, saluting, insignia, uniforms, and the flag.
Usually in history it seems that the technologically advanced society has a greater advantage in warfare than more primitive societies. For most battles this seems to hold true; however, there are exceptions to this rule. This document examines...