This monograph describes the planning and conduct of the "Ichi-Go" operation and gives details of the plans and preparations to counter contemplated attacks by the United States and Russian forces against the Japanese forces in China after June...
This is a textbook for the training of security and reconnaissance tactics and guard duty. A commander needs information of two kinds: that relating to the geography, topography, and resources of the theater of operations; and that which relates to...
Department of Tactics-U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Artillery tactics is defined as the art of disposing artillery troops, guns, ammunition and communications in the presence of the enemy so as to apply its maximum fire power in such a manner as will assist the infantry in accomplishing its mission.
The Palestine Campaign of the First World War exhibited a fighting style that brought with it various challenges in mission command. While General Allenby, commanding the Allied Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), gained several victories in the...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
This pamphlet deals with the tactical functions of field artillery commanders, the tactical disposition and maneuver of field artillery units, and the tactical application of field artillery fire. The principles of employment of artillery in the...
Army Extension Course special text no. 273 prepared under the direction of the commandant of the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The German believe that specially trained mountain troops (Gebirgstruppen) may influence decisively the outcome of a campaign, for mass armies must rely on specially trained small forces to secure their advance through the broader mountain valleys...
Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Far East, and Eighth U.S. Army, Military History Section, Japanese Research Division
Part three of three parts, this paper compiled by a number of former officers of the Imperial Japanese Army contains a supplement of twelve examples of night combat engagements of the Japanese Army. Part 1 contains general discussion of the...
The role of the Armored Force and its components is the conduct of highly mobile ground warfare, primarily offensive in character, by self-sustaining units of great power and mobility, composed of specially equipped troops of the required arms and...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
Tempo is a key characteristic of offensive operations. It is the means by which the attacker keeps the defender off balance and prevents him from taking effective countermeasures. In the attack, reconnaissance units are key to gathering...
Series of letters that describe military orders including a various marches, quartering, protection of a convoy, retreats, attacks, advance guards, and outpost operations. Translated from the German by Charles Henry Barth.
This details the 15th Army organization and operations after the subjugation of Burma. Plans and preparations for the invasion of Eastern India, as well as the Imphal operation and withdrawal from Eastern India, are highlighted.
This text is the translation of the greater part of a German handbook designed to aid in squad training. The material illustrates the basic tactics of the German rifle squad. Topics include the organization and formations of the squad, combat...
Discusses the training of officers, noncommissioned officers and troops in minor tactics. Covers an advance guard, posting an outpost, operations of an outpost support, a reconnoitering patrol, the operations of a patrol, a platoon in attack, a...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
Articles include organization, the service of information, orders, the service of security, marches and convoys, shelter, the service of supply, transportation, combat, the sanitary service, and the laws of war- instruction for the government of...