The decisionmaking process is affected by two distinct sides. The first is a factual, logical process which will produce a result completely void of human emotion. The second is an emotional, psychological process which although affected by logic...
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces
From an official French document. War Department Document No. 802 cancels previous publications of the same title, War Department Documents Nos. 583 and 711. These instructions conform to the American company and are based on French experiences....
The study enters into a comparison between two systems of supply and evacuation, both evolved as the result of World War experience by each of the nations concerned and perfected as the result of subsequent study to meet the changes primarily...
Office of the Historian, U.S. Army Transportation Training Command
There are six sections to this document. Section I contains information on training in the pre-Korean period. The second section details the outbreak of hostilities. Part III explains the communist offensive and world-wide troop build-up, 1951....
This document covers the period of the Tunisian, Sicilian, and South Italian campaigns. There are descriptions on technical, medical, and morale staff organization, as well as staff organizations concerned with law, military police, and...
The engineer field manuals are designed to furnish technical information, describe the organization of engineer units, and outline typical procedures that may be followed in the conduct of the more common operations undertaken by engineers in the...
Soldiers in the United States Army are sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. Many of them, however, have never read it. Few Soldiers have even a basic understanding of the purpose, history, and principles of...
This manual contains information on packaging management and its implementation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and the Defense Logistics Agency. It is published for use as an official document to support operations and the training of...
This is a discussion of the composition and organization of a mobile armored division command post for use in fast moving operations. Page two is not included in the original document.
The government of the Republic of Vietnam inaugurated its 1970 pacification and development plan on 1 January 1970. The plan is a rational extension of the objectives employed in the previous year, and continues to be based on the principle of...
The study inquires as to why the British signal communications were uniformly effective in the Palestine campaign in 1917. The paper also discusses the use of wireless communications, the use of pigeons, motorcycles, and cavalry, organization of...
This paper discusses organization and operations of British armed forces, their use of artillery, and possible lessons learned at the Battle of Gaza. One map is included in the document.
This paper discusses the planning and decisions that were made during the South African War by the Boers. The study describes their plan to assume the offensive, how they did not have enough troops necessary to conduct an offensive, and why they...
This paper describes the importance and necessity of a large British mounted infantry force to have operated against the mounted Boer troops during the South African War. A map of Paardeberg is included in the document.
The study asks what important lessons may be learned from the operations of the 60th Division in Palestine from 25 October to 15 November 1917. Topics include night operations and issues regarding training. There are four plates included at the end...
This paper presents topics regarding the military geography of Palestine and Syria, the military system of Egypt and her Asiatic foes, the Battle of Megiddo, and the Battle of Kadesh. There are nine plates included within the document.
This is a two part document. Part 1 is the Fort Leavenworth of the past- gateway to the old west. Part 2 contains the Fort Leavenworth of the 'present'- guardian of the free world's frontiers (the Command and General Staff College; CGSC in the Army...
This pamphlet is designed for the guidance of meteorological observers, providing information on the uses of equipment and terminology of meteorology. Discusses barometers, wind measurments, thunderstorms, weather and clouds, and correct use of...
Historical Section, European Theater of Operations
The Siege of Bastogne was written from interviews with nearly all the commanders and staff officers who participated in the defense of Bastogne. It is essentially the account of how a single strong defensive force was built from separate commands...
The attached lessons learned in the tactics of jungle warfare were obtained from the United States Marines and Infantry on Guadalcanal and are a result of interviews which are attached in the document. There is an attachment to this document (a...