This document describes the military affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and exhibits the organization of these national forces as it was immediately before the beginning of World War I.
Lecture delivered at the Royal Engineers Institute on 2nd November, 1905. Discusses the uses of armoured trains, the construction, equipment and garrisons of armoured trains, and the organization and administration of armoured trains,
The General Service Schools, The General Staff School
This volume consists of copies of documents relating to the Jena campaign which are in the library of The General Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth. As the library does not contain all of the important documents relating to this campaign, this...
This was a presentation given at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, November 7, 1938; speaker was Colonel Clement H. Wright. Conclusion: tactical operations should not be judged by their local results alone; rather, their effect upon...
This document addresses United States policy toward Latin America. "Geography has been an important fact in determining the policies of the United States toward the countries of the Western Hemisphere. Though certain of the Latin American countries...
"The economic needs of a nation, especially for war, cannot be considered as absolute and fixed. The military requirements will depend upon the extent of the national effort, which is governed by the national objective, the enemy's strength, and...
Strategy is the art of concentrating superior combat power in a theater of operations at the required time and place and under conditions which will favor the defeat or destruction of the enemy's armed forces in battle. One of most momentous...
The following series of exercises, which appeared in the "Militar Wochenblatt" from the fall of 1924 to the fall of 1925, discusses the combat of the reinforced infantry regiment and the infantry division in open warfare during a continuous...
This document contains a series of reports based as a result of observation of the activities of the Italian armies in East Africa. Report no. 1 dealt with the operations of the Italian armies on the northern front. Report 2 considered the...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1922. The document includes sections on canal operations and trade via Panama, business operations, government, administration, and financial and statistical statements.
Discusses a variety of topics including the general situation, organization, division headquarters, the G-1 section of the Division of General Staff, the services and their functions, supply, introduction, concentration of a division in a training...
Report from the Military Attache, Berlin. Discusses the history of the German General Staff school system. Looks at academic and administrative organizations. Also discusses military organizations and weapons and tactical doctrine.
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...
Looks at the radio, starting with the theory underlying the radio system of communication. Moves into damped wave radio telegraphy, undamped wave radio telegraphy and radio telephony. Includes a description of radio equipment and a description of...
Chapters include a description of the bay and topography, Port Arthur (taken by Japanese in 1894, Russian occupation, condition of the fortification at the end of 1903), February 8th to August 15th (Nanchan, investment of Port Arthur), Siege Park...
A survey of military histories published by the Department of the Army reveals the fact that there are many important incidents in early American military life not covered by official publications. Among them is the expedition of United States...
These military notes were compiled in the Military Information Division, Army of Cuban Pacification, during the occupation of Cuba in 1906, 1907, and 1908. The plan was formulated in said division and carried to completion under the supervision of...
The following document details subjects which include: country description; the principles of war and plan of campaign; fighting troops and their characteristics; information and reconnaissance; protection; lines of communication; the attack; the...
Address upon the subject of library and course of instruction for a National Guard regiment, delivered by Captain William T. Littebrant, 12th Cavalry, to the officers 1st Regiment Missouri National Guard in Camp of Instruction of National Guard of...