During the Cold War, combined arms heavy force tactics dictated that forces should avoid urban areas when possible. However, since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, heavy forces have fought in every urban area in Iraq. The United States...
Irregular warfare is emerging as a dominant form of warfare for the future. Yet irregular warfare, at its root, contains many of the characteristics found on today's battlefront in Afghanistan and Iraq and in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). At the...
A summary review of the general situation as it existed upon the United States entry into the war is necessary to appreciate at its true value the American effort and in order fully to understand many important decisions reached in the early days...
To encourage further research in the history of World War I and to fill a gap in the Army's historical documentation of that conflict, the Center of Military History has created a World War I series of publications consisting of new monographs and...
The Army Air Force entered World War II poorly equipped and underprepared to support ground commanders with photo and visual reconnaissance. While doctrine fared better, it lacked the depth needed to employ reconnaissance effectively from the...
Throughout its military history, the United States has demonstrated poor institutional memory resulting in a tendency to reinvent the wheel. The development of counterinsurgency doctrine in Vietnam, for instance, yielded valuable knowledge about...
This 1958 manual is a guide for field artillery officers and commanders and staffs of all combat arms. It is concerned with the tactical employment of field artillery.
This study analyzes the logistics operations of the North Africa Campaign. The thesis covers the wholesale and retail level preparedness and execution of the U.S. ground force sustainment following the Allied landings in northwest Africa in...
Success in modern warfare is no longer the product of a single decisive battle, rather, success is the result of decisive campaign. The great campaigns of World War II all ended prior to the conclusion of the war because the armies involved were...
Continuation from I part, contains a narrative of events displaying the facts, seriousness of difficulties encountered, decisions made, results of such and management of the campaign and its effect on the war. Translation by Aage Woldike.
“Military institutions and their needs (not women’s needs) determine women’s role in the armed forces” (Skaine, 1999, p. 45). Despite various roles in the military of the past, women have earned a more prominent role in current military...
Gutierrez, John B.; Suri, Frank T.; Carland, Richard L.; Million, Will T.
“Military institutions and their needs (not women’s needs) determine women’s role in the armed forces” (Skaine, 1999, p. 45). Despite various roles in the military of the past, women have earned a more prominent role in current military...
Gutierrez, John B.; Suri, Frank T.; Carland, Richard L.; Million, Will T.
"Military institutions and their needs (not women's needs) determine women's role in the armed forces" (Skaine, 1999, p. 45). Despite reduced roles in past militaries, women have earned a more prominent role in current military operations with...
The United States of America through battles on its own soil and abroad brought credit to the nation in large part due to the efforts, training, resoluteness and preparedness of the noncommissioned officer. The United States emerged successfully...
"The Folgore Parachute Division was officially formed on September 1, 1941. The Division was supposed to take part in the planned C3 plan, the invasion of Malta, thus the Folgore was sent to southern Italy to begin training for the operation. "...