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Bicycle troops.
No full textThe Board has studied all available information concerning the use of bicycles, either alone or in combination with other forms of light transportation, in the European armies. Contains: a consolidated list of equipment, arms and vehicles needed to carry out the plan recommended (bicycles, Bantam car, and tricycle); Table A: regimental reconnaissance and security platoon (test); German bicycle troops; two pages of photographs with captions; and a table of a "Bicycle Commando"
Report of occupation of Southern Honshu and Kyushu, 15 August 1945 – 3 October 1945.
No full textThis operation, for the Fifth Amphibious Force, had its inception on 8 August. The plan provided that the force would be charged with landings in the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility and that Commanding General 6th Army would be the Army commander for these landings
82d Airborne Division action in Normandy, France.
No full textThe 82d Airborne Division arrived in the European Theater of Operations on 9 December 1943. There are four sections to this document: preface; narrative; distribution; and annexes (personnel, air resupply, air movement table, drop and landing patterns, statistical study of glider landings, and charts: D-Day, Merderet river crossing, Cretteville-Baupte, St. Sauveur le Vicomte, Etienville bridgehead, and hills 131 and 95 – la Poterie Ridge)
Weekly intelligence summary no. 27, for week ending 23 September 1944.
No full textThis is a weekly intelligence summary on European war operations, enemy dispositions, enemy capabilities, enemy supplies and transportation, economic notes and political notes, air activity, and sea operations
German campaign in the Balkans, 1941: a model of crisis planning. MS #P-030.
No full textThis publication is the first in a series entitled Foreign Military Studies and is the result of a program which commenced shortly after the end of the European War. The program involved extensive interviewing of German general officers and general staff officers in order to gather from them the results of their experience which might be of value to the Army. The "German campaign in the Balkans, 1941" deals with the improvised planning of a major operation against great pressure of time. Contents include: German operations and plans, July 1940-March 1941; Hitler decides to invade Yugoslavia; the strategic objective; specific problems (available forces, time required for the assembly, transportation situation, significance of the Danube as a transportation route, supply planning, and the neighboring countries); distribution of forces and first objectives; effect of the Balkan operations on the campaign against Russia; a summary; an appendix- chronological table of events, June 1940-March 1941; and maps (German operations and plans and Operation 25 deployment and initial objectives)
American Lake Manuevers 1908.
No full textReport of field exercises held at Camp David S. Stanley in Washington State in August 1908. Includes schedules, participating units, map problems, solutions, and after action reports
Soviet Army: its soldiers and tactics- a synopsis of the pamphlets of the Soviet Army Series.
No full textEnclosure no. 1 to Intelligence Bulletin no. 6, 21 July 1952. This synopsis has been prepared for the purpose of furnishing a concise account of the Soviet Army Series pamphlets for personnel requiring a rapid, generalized appraisal of the Soviet soldier and his tactics. The discussion in this publication will be confined to the following aspects of the Soviet soldier: the characteristics which are most vital to an understanding of how he will act in combat; the phases of training which have the most decisive influence on his combat effectiveness; and a short evaluation of his weapons and logistical support. Table of contents: the Soviet soldier; characteristics; training; weapons and logistics; Soviet tactics; organization of small and medium infantry units; the attack; the defense; special operations; and annexes of Soviet military quotations and the Iron Curtain- 17th Century
Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for mortar carriages, model of 1896 MI and model of 1896 MII for 12-inch mortars, model of 1890 MI.
No full textRevised January, 1916. This document contains instructions for mounting, using, and caring for mortar carriages, model of 1896 MI and model of 1896 MII for 12-inch mortars, model of 1890 MI
Command relationships in defense support of civil authorities.
No full textThis News from the Front is an example of a Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) process and response to natural disasters by the 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard
Reports of Mr. John S. Service- communist problem in China.
No full textForwarded herewith without comment are all pertinent reports recently prepared by Mr. John S. Service, former political advisor at this Headquarters. Headings include: recent expansion of communist military forces; the communist estimate of Japanese strategy; probable inability of the Kuomintang to contest communist control of Manchuria; the communist attitude toward American support of Chiang Kai-Shek; the present communist attitude toward the central government – preliminary report; conversation with Mao Tse-tung; Chinese communist expectations in regard to Soviet participation in Far Eastern war; communist views in regard to Sinkiang; communist views in regard to Mongolia; policy of the Chinese communists toward the problem of national minorities; plans for relief and rehabilitation organization of the communist liberated areas; verification of communist territorial claims by direct American observation; establishment of unified labor and women's organizations for the communist liberated areas; communist report of Kuomintang "exile" government organizations for the Shen-Kan-Ning border region; Yen Hsi-shan's dealings with the Japanese; Chiang Kai-shek's treatment of the Kwangsi clique; recent appointments by the Generalissimo contradictory to announced intentions of peaceful settlement of internal issues; contact between the Chinese communists and Moscow; policy to be adopted by communist congress – conversation with Mao Tse-tung and other communist leaders; and conversation with communist leaders. The document also contains two maps of China's war resistance in the rear of the enemy