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Action against enemy, report after. Headquarters 6th Cavalry Group (Mechanized) (Reinforced).
No full textThis report covers the period 1 December 1944 to 31 December 1944, inclusive. This is the first such report submitted by this organization after employment of the command in an active combat role
Allied Force Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief's dispatch, Sicilian Campaign, 1943.
No full textTable of contents: the decision; the planning staff; strategic considerations; change of plan; plans; preparations; airborne assaults; the landings; the conquest of Sicily; and a conclusion
After action reports, June 1944 to May 1945, 30th Infantry Division Artillery.
No full textThis collection is not complete and may have gaps. Includes reports and dates: 1 May 1945, 1 April 1945, [1] March 1945, 1 February 1945, 1 January 1945, history Thirtieth Infantry Division Artillery 1-30th November 1944, 1-31st October 1944, 1st-30th September 1944, 5 September 1944, 1st-31st August 1944, statistics, 1-31 July 1944, 20 July 1944, and 1-30 June 1944
Handbook for radio counter-measures officers.
No full textRadio counter-measures are those measures employed against enemy radio (which includes radar) and enemy radio controlled devices and navigational aids for the purpose of rendering such equipment inoperative and ineffective or for deceiving the enemy. The term also includes the employment of similar measures by the enemy for restricting our own use of radio. Sections include: RCM past developments and progress; RCM officer and the tactical situation; RCM equipment; glossary of RCM terms; extract of report of unit on Army ground force maneuvers; description of jammer control system; simple charts for determining 100 megacycle jammer performance; organization and operation of a jamming unit; and a summary of Signal Corps radio countermeasures development. A large section of the document includes handwritten notes
American intelligence on the German counteroffensive, 1 November – 15 December, 1944.
No full textObjectives- to determine if the American commands: considered the German forces capable of launching a major counteroffensive; expected the 16 December counteroffensive as the result of recognition of enemy build-up preparations; forwarded intelligence data to higher and lower commands which they acquired and interpreted as attack signs; and realized quickly the assault's gravity. A detailed examination was made of intelligence and operational combat records that were officially issued by all participating command on at least the regimental level up, and which were held by the Historical Records Section, Departmental Records Branch, AGO
Consumption figures: India-Burma Theater.
No full textA one page document with consumption figures furnished by G-4, Headquarters India-Burma Theater. Figures: U.S. forces in theater when not in combat with enemy; U.S. forces in theater when in contact with enemy; and Chinese forces in theater when in combat with enemy
Ledo-Kunming Road, revision of 16 January 1945. Maximum capabilities and requirements.
No full textIt is proposed to determine the measures which must be taken and the means which must be supplied to exploit the maximum capabilities of the Ledo-Kunming Road and to consider the implications with respect to time, personnel, supplies and shipping. Table of contents: general; requirements; availability of resources; other considerations; and summary and recommendations
Combined Training Center, no. 1.
No full textAttached is a report covering combined operations exercise 'Duchess I' which was held on 20-21 April 1944 under the supervision of the Combined Training Center no. 1, located on Madh Island near Bombay. The exercise completed the training of the 62 Indian Infantry Division at C.T.C. no. 1. It was put on in conjunction with the 45 Beach Group, elements of the Royal Indian Navy and other supporting arms and services. Index: introduction; general; setting for exercise; 19 Div, operation order; 62 BDE operation order; 45 Beach Group operation order; naval elements; R.A.F. elements; enemy; umpires; spectators; forecast of operations during exercise; exercise; conference or critique; summary; and principle lessons learned from exercise (appendixes)
Administrative order no. 1 to accompany field order no. 6: 325th Glider Infantry Regiment.
No full textHeadings: supply (location, rations, water, gasoline and oil, ammunition, special individual items, individual clothing and equipment, Chemical Warfare Service), evacuation (medical, burial, salvage and captured material, refugees, traffic), and miscellaneous (movement of supplies from LZ to regimental and battalion DPs, marking of gliders)
Guerilla warfare.
No full textThis pamphlet is intended to give some direction to those who may have the opportunity of operating as guerillas or of co-operating with them. In modern warfare, such an opportunity may present itself to any soldier. The guerilla is not necessarily found in a defensive campaign only, and there may be circumstances when troops will be isolated and will need to fight as guerillas during offensive operations. In an invasion of a country, small parties of troops may penetrate some distance ahead of the main bodies and be able to cooperate with the civil populations of countries which are at present overrun, and are only too willing to rise against the enemy; a similar situation may arise as a result of a raid or of the use of airborne troops. This pamphlet deals with the principles of guerilla warfare without going into undue detail. Much of the success of guerilla work depends upon a knowledge of fieldcraft, and a section on this subject is, therefore, included although it is already covered in other official publications. A knowledge of street fighting, tank hunting, and the use of explosives is also necessary for the successful guerilla fighter