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Monthly grade roster.
No full textThis is a monthly grade roster dated 30 November 1944. Sections include: Commanding General; Chief of Staff; G-1 Section; G-2 Section; G-3 Section; G-4 Section; Office of the Adjutant General; Office of the Antiaircraft Officer; Office of the Artillery Officer; Office of the Chaplain; Office of the Chemical Officer; Office of the Engineer Officer; Office of the Finance Officer; Office of the Inspector General; Office of the Judge Advocate; Office of the Ordnance Officer; Office of the Quartermaster; Office of the Signal Officer; Office of the Special Service Officer; Office of the Surgeon; Civil Affairs Section; Transportation; and an unassigned section. Details T/O, grade, name, date of rank, and relative rank within grade
Intelligence memorandum by the Office of the Chief of Engineers.
No full textThis document is a compiliation of intelligence memorandums published by the United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers. These memos contain collected information on foreign military engineers to include equipment, translations of doctrine, and operations. French, German, British, Australian, and Japanese engineers are among those discussed.
Note: Collection only includes No. 1 (June 24, 1940), No. 5, No. 7-13, No. 15-21, and No. 24 (November 10, 1941)
JANIS No. 102, provisional edition.
No full textJANIS 102 (Marianas Islands) Provisional Edition comprises the following: (a) Chapter III, Oceanography, Pages III - 1 to III - 15. (b) Chapter V, Climate and Weather, Pages V - 1 to V - 22. (c) Plans Pouch, containing Plans 1 to 6, inclusive
Special Bulletin No. 3
No full textThis narrative and analysis of, and lessons drawn from the Polish campaign have been prepared by the G-2 Division of the General Staff from the following sources: (1) German official and semiofficial accounts of the campaign. (2) Reports of the office of the Military Attache, Berlin. (3) Reports of the office of the Military Attache, Warsaw. (4) Personal impressions of American officers who accompanied the German armies in Poland, and those who have recently returned to the United States. (5 ) The G-2 records dealing with the strength, organization and equipment of the German and Polish Armies.
Introduction; Section I - The Armies of the Antagonists; Section II - The Initial Concentrations and the rival War Plans; Section III - The Operations; Section IV - Criticism and Lessons
Report, War Department Observer Board, USFET : no. C-741.
No full textAttached hereto marked Exhibit "A" is an extract from a statement of Colonel Ralph W. Zwicker, GSC, Chief of Staff, 2d Infantry Division, United States Army, dated 28 January 1945
Methods of training.
No full textThe studies herein present the views on training of a number of officers of wide experience in command of troops, both in peace and in war. In addition, they contain the constructive suggestions of the officers taking the courses at these Schools during the past three years.
TOC: Chapter I - General Principles of Training; Chapter II - The Forces Subject to Training; Chapter III - Division Training Orders; Chapter IV - Illustrative Training Orders-Corps Area and Division; Chapter V - Brigade, Regimental, Battalion, and Company Training Orders and Schedules; Chapter VI - Vocational Training; Chapter VII - Methods of Imparting Instruction; Chapter VIII - The Preparation and Conduct of Map Problems, Terrain Exercises, and Tactical Riders (or Walks); Chapter IX - The Preparation and Conduct of Field Exercises; Chapter X - The Preparation and Conduct of Camps of Instruction; Chapter XI - The Preparation and Conduct of Field Maneuvers; Chapter XII - A Study of a Continuous Field Manuever; Chapter XIII - The Preparation and Conduct of a Continous (controlled) Maneuver (Illustrative Problem); Chapter XIV - Umpires and Instructors
"Shoran," Korea, part II.
No full textOperations analysis memorandum for Shoran (short range navigation) bombing sorties conducted by Fifth Air Force in the Korean War from May - August 1951
A secondary role of armor-tanks as artillery. A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1952-1953.
No full textIn the following study an effort will be made to include all the data essential for a reappraisal of our current doctrine with respect to the use of tanks in the indirect fire support role. This effort would not have been possible without the cooperation and support of the Army War College, Army Field Forces Board Number 2, and the many commanders of armor in the field.
TOC: Introduction; Historical Examples - World War II; Indirect Fire Employment of Tanks in Korea; Major Technical and Physical Aspects; Training; Summary; Bibliography; Appendices
Appendices - A and B to report of Army Advisory Panel on joint amphibious operations, 15 January 1949.
No full textAppendix A - Detailed Study of the Position of the Department of the Army on Joint Amphibious Operations. This study consists of Annexes A to N, which define the position which this Panel considers should be that of the Department of the Army on basic doctrines, policies, and procedures pertaining to joint amphibious operations.
Appendix B - Miscellaneous
Tanks against parachutes (defense against airborne attack by a reserve armored division). A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1952-1953.
No full textAt the outset, this study was directed toward developing doctrine for the use of a reserve division as an anti-airborne force. All of the major airborne operations of World War II were studied to determine the tactical lessons of these operations.
TOC: Preface; Introduction; A Little Goes a Long Way on Crete; Failure of Command on Sicily; Indecision in Normandy; Partial Success in Holland; Modern Airborne Forces; The Armored Division in Reserve; General Defensive Measures Against Airborne Attack; Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendices