Analyzes the contributions of armor in Operation Cobra, which took place on the continent of Europe in July, 1944. Looks at the 6th Armored Division as an example of (then) contemporary teaching regarding the use of an armored division to seize a...
Contains documentary appendices, including information on the guerrilla resistance movement in the Philippines, Intelligence activities in the Philippines during Japanese occupation and operations of the Military Intelligence Section, the Allied...
Report is an account of the participation of the American troops in the Buna Campaign. Historically, the campaign is important because it was the first victorious operation of American Army ground forces against the Japanese.
Discusses the Yellow Beach Landing and the Green Beach Landing in December 1943. Contains the 7th Marines operation order, 1st Marines operation order, 2nd Bn., 1st Marines operation order and 5th Marines operation order.
This document provides the daily summary of enemy intelligence, estimate of the enemy situation, and other miscellaneous information from on the ground, air, and navy in the Pacific Theater (May 1944).
The discussion of this material on government and administration in the Japanese Empire is contained in eleven chapters. The first chapter is a short introduction. The material covered in Chapters II to X inclusive constitute an analysis and...
This document contains information on the operations preparatory to the invasion (attacks on airfields, communications targets, coastal batteries, reconnaissance activities), tactical redeployment, provision of facilities for air ground cooperation...
This is the private war journal of Generaloberst Franz Halder, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command of the German Army (OKH), 14 August 1939 to 24 September 1942 (first entry: 7 December 1939, last entry: 9 May 1940).
The main objective of this study is to establish an Eighth Air Force organization designed primarily for mobility and composed insofar as possible of standard units. Contains two proposal plans.
Report attempts to give some of the general aspects of the organizational setup and the work performed by the Intelligence Service of the German Air Force before and during the war. The source of this report is Dr. Bertram Schultz, who served with...
In the European Theatre of Operations, flak reached its majority when the back of the German Air Force was broken in the first months of 1944. Enemy antiaircraft artillery replaced enemy aircraft as the major combat risk of Allied air fleets. The...
The main objective of this study is to establish an Eighth Air Force organization designed primarily for mobility and composed insofar as possible of standard units. Contains two proposal plans.
The first chapter of this book addresses the United Kingdom- beginnings of planning, organization, types of installations, early problems, operations Torch and Overlord, etc. Next are descriptions of the assault, supply over the beaches, the battle...
This bulletin consists of recent information of tactical and technical developments and trends affecting the operations of the Arms and Services. It is derived from official sources (except where specifically noted), and consists principally of...
This tactical and technical trends publication starts with no. 31 (12 August 1943) and finishes with no. 40 (16 December 1943). Sections include information on air, antiaircraft, antitank, armored, artillery, chemical warfare, engineers, infantry,...
The following topics are discussed in this document on World War Two: completion of training in the U.S., Camp Forrest to Ft. Slocum, Transatlantic, England (Camp Bewdley, Birmingham, and Braemore), prelude to operations, the campaign in France,...