This report presents a comprehensive process of the chemical warfare supply system of the Japanese Army and Navy with an analysis of the offensive and defensive potential as reflected in general supply policies and records of storage and...
This handbook on Germany focuses on electric power, sources of energy, generating plants, the grid, load factor and network, production/consumption, electric traction, street lighting, local electricity supplies, the public supply system, and...
Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula brought Spain, Portugal, and Britain into a close, if sometimes uneasy alliance. When an expeditionary force led by General Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the 1st Duke of Wellington, disembarked in Portugal...
This is a report of the Army and Navy officer Board for the purpose of examining and reporting to Congress which of the navy-yards or arsenals owned by the Government has the best location and is best adapted for the establishment of a Government...
Operation orders for the invasion of Okinawa-Shima and Ryukyu-Retto. Orders covered amphibious operations, supply requirements, evacuation procedures and includes annexes.
Office of the Commanding General - Army Service Forces,
The Secretary of War directed the formation of the New Weapons Board on 17 January, 1944 and instructed the board to gather such technical information and new equipment as it deemed necessary to proceed as soon as possible to North African and...
The USAAF responded to the requirement to keep China engaged against Japan by conducting two distinct air supply operations, a tactical air supply mission to Burma and a strategic air supply effort over the Himalayas to China. The tactical air...
This document is a summary of the overall adequacy of water supply, water quality, administration and organization, use of substitute materials in supply practices, sources of water supply, and urban water supply in Germany.
This Civil Affairs handbook documents the census of industry and commerce in Belgium with subjects on metallurgy, textiles, chemicals, diamond cutting industry, machinery/vehicles/mechanical products, foodstuffs, quarries and the cement industry,...
This monograph was one of a series prepared by the faculty of the Quartermaster Corps School dealing with the operations of the Quartermaster Corps during the World War. It reveals some of the lessons learned of the World War on the subject of...
This is a study on public works and utilities in French Indo-China. Electricity, gas, water, and sewage are discussed; subtopics include electric power (government policy, industrial and domestic consumption statistics, etc.), and gas plants, water...
The study presented issues (in the form of questions) by the assigned subject may be summarized as follows: (a) what were methods of supply and transportation in the American First Army at the beginning of the MEUSE-ARGONNE operations? (b) Which of...
Will general purpose unmanned aerial vehicles, (UAVs), best meet the requirements of the twenty-first century battlefield? Although much of the information is speculative of future progress in this emerging field, this paper attempts to link...
This manuscript, which deals primarily with artillery flash and sound ranging, was prepared in 1949 by German authorities in this field. There are discussions on the mission of reconnaissance artillery, surveying, organization, the observation...
United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, Headquarters of the Commander in Chief
This volume was prepared for the purpose to make available the information on existing facilities at each advance base in the Central Pacific Area in June of 1945. The paragraph outline presents the following facts about the islands described:...
This Civil Affairs handbook discusses the importance of agriculture and the farmer in the country of Japan. The beginning sections in this document give details on the land and people, salient features of Japanese agriculture, and agricultural...
Report by Lt. Col. Donald T. Winder, USMC, dealing with civil affairs activities of the 4th Marine Division in the assault phase on Roi, Namur and nearby islands of Kwajalein Atoll. Includes a copy of Proclamation No. 1 to the people of the...
Looks at the organization and function of the quartermaster corps, the plan of supply, the depot policy, subsistence, gasoline and oil, accounting and field service activities, personnel and training, reclamation and salvage and procurement.