Colonel (retired) Oliver G. Haywood suggested in his brilliant 1954 article, "Military Decisions and Game Theory" that game theory techniques were relevant to preparing the military commander's estimate of the situation. He based his article on...
This anthology was inspired by its authors and the Soldiers and Marines they lead. Their experiences and reflections appear in this volume, a collection of battle studies that focus on leadership success, and failure, in the great campaigns of the...
This study discusses the operations in East Prussia, with focus on the state of preparedness of the opposing armies and taking advantage of opportunities by the opposing sides.
A dramatophonic presentation in twelve scenes by Group XII, dated 22 May, 1933. This document is a script based on the viewpoint of the German Eighth Army in the Battle of Tannenberg 1914, against the Russian Army.
In 1913 Russia and France had arranged that the Russians should make a rapid advance against the Germans in East Prussia in order to create a diversion to relieve the pressure against the French on the Western Front. This advance into East Prussia...
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...
The purpose of this paper is to determine, at the operational level of war, those factors in the defense which support a successful defensive-offensive and in particular to examine those factors relevant to the NATO Center today. The study...
Schmidt, Fedor O., Hollingsworth, George C., Horsfall, L. P.
Includes a translation of 'Tannenberg "as it really was" by Max Hoffmann' . Chapters 12 and 13 are discussed in this study concerning the attack on the Russian forces by the Germans.
This thesis traces the development of American radio intelligence at the operational and tactical levels from its beginnings in World War I through the end of World War II. It shows that signals intelligence is useful to the tactical and...
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 paper shows the relation of the failure of high command in the Russian Second Army prior to and during the battle of Tannenberg to the defeat of that army.
Translated from German documents pertaining to the Cantigny operation. Contains the selected documents of the 18th Army, XXVI Reserve Corps, 82d Reserve Division and the 272 Reserve Infantry Regiment.