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Japanese Balloon and Attached Devices
"This report represents the results of tests conducted on the various parts of Japanese Balloons that have been submitted to the Technical Air Intelligence Center for examination. There has, in this report, been no effort to evaluate the various aspects of the subject, but merely to present the material in a readily usable form to facilitate any studies that might be made. In order that there be more accurate reporting of the material found, the reporting form was created. It represents the combined effort of the Military Intelligence Service of the Army and the Office of Naval Intelligence of the Navy, but is in no sense final, and constructive criticism both as to content and form is welcome. It is easily recognised that the use of the form will result in more accurate transmission of information. The composite table was created from every source available and since the reports were, in many cases, in conflict with each other, the resulting information may not be accurate in all cases and it is requested that any additional information that is now, or becomes available be transmitted, through channels, to the Army or Navy Agency in Washington that is appropriate." >>More
Principles of Strategy by Colonel William K. Naylor
"On the reopening of The General Service Schools in September, 1919, and my return to my former position as Instructor in Strategy and Military History, I found that a desire had developed among American officers for American text-books. To meet this expressed desire and to write a text-book that could be available during the course, I merely had an opportunity to assemble the notes I had used in the past, supplementing them with such reference to The World War as the time would permit. Many of the illustrations used have been taken from our own Civil War." >>More
German Snipers Field Training, 1944
This video includes 2 training films: Snipers Field Training: Masters of Camouflage and Deception, Training film for the German Air Force High Command (38 min) and Snipers in action: the Unseen Weapon, Training film of the German Army High Command No 668, Spring 1944 (30 min). German narrator, with English subtitles. >>More
The War Against Japan. Pictorial Record
"During World War II the photographers of the United States armed forces created on film a pictorial record of immeasurable value. Thousands of pictures are preserved in the photographic libraries of the armed services but are little seen by the public. In the narrative volumes of United States Army in World War II, now being prepared by the Office of the Chief of Military History of the United States Army, it is possible to include only a limited number of pictures. Therefore, a subseries of pictorial volumes, of which this is the last, has been planned to supplement the other volumes of the series. The photographs have been especially selected to show important terrain features, types of equipment and weapons, living and weather conditions, military operations, and matters of human interest. These volumes will preserve and make accessible for future reference some of the best pictures of World War II. An appreciation not only of the terrain upon which actions were fought, but also of its influence on the capabilities and limitations of weapons in the hands of both our troops and those of the enemy, can be gained through a careful study of the pictures herein presented. These factors are essential to a clear understanding of military history." >>More
German-English Military Dictionary, 1944
"This Dictionary [contains approximately 15300 entries - AWW] has been intentionally limited in scope to military subject matter and directly related fields. It has been compiled primarily for use by American military personnel with at least a fair knowledge of German. As far as possible the editors have endeavored to furnish actual equivalents rather than literal translations from one language into the other. Thus, although the literal translation of Entwicklung would be "development," a study of the German operations manual reveals that Entwicklung follows Entfaltung ("development") and hence is the equivalent of "deployment." Translations have been provided (generally with a note of explanation) only where equivalents do not exist or could not be found." >>More
Small Unit Actions During the German Campaign in Russia
The purpose of this text is to provide small unit commanders with instructional material, at their own level, concerning the Russian front during World War II. A careful study of the examples in the text will provide many lessons in tactics, logistics, and techniques, in the coordination of weapons, in the influence of terrain, climatic and weather conditions upon operations, and in the qualities of the officers and men who fought on the Russian front. It is only by utilizing German experience that the best insight into the fighting on that front can be secured. >>More
German Minefields at Alamein (October - November, 1942)
"The accompanying report from British sources on enemy minefields at Alamein is published for the information of all concerned. This is the most complete and succinct report published to date." >>More
Photographs of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Compiled by the Manhattan Engineer District, January 1947. >>More
CIA Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare
"Guerrilla warfare is essentially a political war. Therefore, its area of operations exceeds the territorial limits of conventional warfare, to penetrate the political entity itself: the "political animal" that Aristotle defined. In effect, the human being should be considered the priority objective in a political war. And conceived as the military target of guerrilla war, the human being has his most critical point in his mind. Once his mind has been reached, the "political animal" has been defeated, without necessarily receiving bullets. Guerrilla warfare is born and grows in the political environment; in the constant combat to dominate that area of political mentality that is inherent to all human beings and which collectively constitutes the "environment" in which guerrilla warfare moves, and which is where precisely its victory or failure is defined. This conception of guerrilla warfare as political war turns Psychological Operations into the decisive factor of the results. The target, then, is the minds of the population, all the population: our troops, the enemy troops and the civilian population. This book is a manual for the training of guerrillas in psychological operations, and its application to the concrete case of the Christian and democratic crusade being waged in Nicaragua by the Freedom Commandos." >>More
Wings of War by Theodore Macfarlane Knappen
"...The war happily came to an end too soon for our huge industrial conversions and mobilizations to enjoy the spectacular triumph that would have been theirs in the spring of 1919. Nevertheless, the knowledge of the Central Empires that a country that was as innocent of knowledge of the art of making military aircraft in the spring of 1917 as it was before the Wright Brothers made their first flight in a heavier-than-air machine, was, in the fall of 1918, producing air service engines in greater volume than all the rest of the Allies together, with a similar pre-eminence in the production of planes rapidly approaching and a magical expansion of all related productivities, had its certain and conclusive though undramatic effect on the moral and mental processes that led to the collapse of Germany before the death blow was delivered." >>More
Handbook of the Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, Caliber .30, Model of 1904
Each machine-gun company or troop is provided with four guns, including tripods, ammunition, spare parts, tools, and accessories, together with the necessary packs. The equipment for each organization is carried on 20 mules, constituting 4 sections of 5 each. The sections are essentially complete units, although certain articles are not carried in every section. The equipment of each section consists of one gun, ammunition, and the necessary equipment for maneuvering the piece in the field. It is divided into the following parts: Part I. The gun with its ammunition and accompanying parts. Part II. The pack harness. Part III. The special pack equipment. Part IV. The pioneer tools. A description of each of these parts, together with a statement of all equipment issued to one machine-gun company or troop, follows. >>More
The Battle of Borodino, September 7, 1812. 12.30 pm.
The Battle of Borodino. September 7, 1812. Visual tour of Borodino panorama by Franz A. Roubaud. ...Situation at 12.30 p.m. Napoleon is making his second attempt to break Russian left flank, anchored at Semenovskoe village. >>More
Balaclava and the Sevastopol Inquiry
Dramatic report of W.Gordon, commanding officer of H.M.S. Sansapareil regarding condition of Balaclava harbour during the winter of 1854/55 in Crimea. >>More
"Dropshot" - American Plan for War with the Soviet Union in 1957
After Nazi's defeat in 1945, Soviet Union emerged as a new superpower with its own aggressive agenda to promote Communism and eventually, dominate in the world. American Joint Chiefs of Stuff had to contemplate probable Soviet's actions and by 1949 came up with a plan of effective military response. "Dropshot" is a result of these contingency planning, a frightening but realistic scenario of the Third World War, started between NATO and USSR in Europe and all over the world on January 1, 1957. >>More
The British War Blue Book, 1939
Documents, concerning German-Polish relations and the outbreak of hostilities between Great britain and Germany on September 3, 1939. Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty >>More
Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1939-1941
"In 1945 the American and British armies captured the archives of the German Foreign Office which had been evacuated from Berlin. Use of the archives for intelligence purposes began immediately. Later, it became evident that the documents concerning the aims and methods of German foreign policy should be published for the enlightenment of world opinion, including German opinion... The Department of State has decided to publish separately the most significant documents bearing on German-Soviet relations during 1939-1941. This collection has been made by the Washington editors of the documents, Raymond James Sontag and James Stuart Beddie, assisted by Jean Brownell Dulaney." >>More
100 Documents on the Origins of the War from Official German White Book
"Immediately after the outbreak of hostilities, the German Foreign Office published, in the form of a White Paper, those documents which shed a light upon the last phase of the German-Polish crisis. The Foreign Office now publishes a more comprehensive collection of documents relating not only to the period immediately preceding the outbreak of hostilities, but to the most important political events which gave rise to the conflict with Poland in the first place, and subsequently, to the conflict with Britain and France." >>More
German Movie "Stukas", 1941
Third Reich-era classic. Young and vigor German pilots battle their French arch-enemy during the Nazi campaign in the West, May-June 1940. Real aerial footage; close-ups on J-87 and other German hardware of the period; life cycle of a Stuka pilot on the frontlines; “Death for the Fatherland is so sweet” motto; French tanker from hell trying to humiliate captured pilots, and other assorted propaganda perks; Carl Raddatz as an archetypical Luftwaffe officer, role model for J-87 aces like Ulrich Rudel and others. >>More
German Volkswagen 1944 Technical Manual
"These instructions are published for the information and
guidance of the personnel to whom this equipment is assigned. They
contain information on the operation and maintenance of the German
Volkswagen as well as descriptions of the major units and their functions in relation to the other components of the vehicle. This manual has the following arrangement. (1) Part One, Introduction, contains description and data. (2) Part Two, Operating Instructions, contains instructions for
the operation of the vehicle, with description and location of the controls and instruments. (3) Part Three, Maintenance Instructions, contains information
needed for the performance of the scheduled lubrication and preventive maintenance services, and instructions for maintenance opera¬tions which can ordinarily be performed by using organizations (first
and second echelons)." >>More
German Documentary Film "Fighting in Poland", 1940.
German Documentary Film "Fighting in Poland", 1940. 67 min. >>More
Battle for the South Ossetia, August 2008
"In the early morning hours of August 8 2008, centuries-old Georgian-Ossetian conflict erupted into the full-scale military battle between central Georgian government and Ossetian separatists. The Georgian authorities under President M. Saakashvili declared that separatists haven't observed conditions of the cease-fire, frequently opening fire on the Georgian villages in the region, and announced “the beginning of the military operation to restore a constitutional order". By the middle of August 8th, after hours-long artillery barrage and rocket attacks, Georgian Army, well equiped with new American, Ukranian, Russian, and Israeli weapons, occupied the center of Zhinvali, the capital of the self-declared Republic of South Ossetia, burning local House of Parlament, destroying large parts of the city and attacking the barracks of the Russian peace-keeping batallion, when reportedly 15 Russians were killed and 150 wounded". Historical roots of the conflcit, political reasoning, composition of forces, weapons and tactics, eyewitness accounts, military analysis, extensive photo gallery, detailed maps of the region and actions, more.
"Against All Odds" - Pictures of the Campaign in the East
Published by OKH in 1942, this extensive collection of the dramatic war photos covers the early stages of the German campaign in the east, from the frontier battles in June 1941 to the stalemate before Moscow in early December, 27 min. >>More
1943 OKH Training Film - "Close Range Tank Fighting"
This video includes: Men against tanks. Staged, but realistically looking training film. German infantry, supported by PAK and machine-guns fights numerous Soviet T-34 and KV with mines and granades. Stuff and supply troops must also be ready for close-range tank foghtings. Lone Russian tank stopped dead in its tracks by stuff and supply troops. New close-range anti-tank weapon of greater effectiveness are now available. Rifle tank grenade, combat pistol 42 LP, Puppchen, Ofenrohr-"stovepipe", and Panzrfaust in action. English subtitles. >>More
Description of Telescopic Musket Sights Model 1908 - 1913
Description of Telescopic Musket Sights Model 1908 - 1913. War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance,
Washington, November 18, 1915. >>More
T-34 Tank Service Manual
by The Directorate of the Armoured Forces of the Red Army. For Service Use. T-34 TANK SERVICE MANUAL. People's Commissariat of Defence of the U. S. S. R. Moscow, 1942. >>More
Description of 2-inch Telescopic Sights Model 1906
No. 1956
OCTOBER II, 1907. REVISED OCTOBER II, 1910.
REVISED DECEMBER 16, 1913.
REVISED MARCH I, 1917
WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE,
Washington, March 1, 1917.
This manual is published for the information and government of the Regular Army and National Guard of the United States. By order of the Secretary of War:
WILLIAM CROZIER, Brigadier General, Chief of Ordnance.
TWO-INCH TELESCOPIC SIGHTS.
MODEL OF 1906.
(THREE PLATES.)
(THE TELESCOPES OF THESE SIGHTS WERE DESIGNED BY THE WARNER & SWASEY Co., CLEVELAND, OHIO.). >>More
Ludendorff’s Own Story by Erich von Ludendorff
- As far as human judgment could foresee, everything pointed to the Western front as the scene of our chief defensive fighting in 1917, although a severe struggle was also going on in the East. Direct cooperation with the Austro-Hungarian High Command was not so necessary as it had been during the campaign against Rumania, after the command on the Eastern front had been reorganized in a less complicated form. The supreme importance of the Western theater of war now demanded the presence there of the Commander-in-chief. I suggested Spa or Kreuznach as the new headquarters. Spa was rejected; Kreuznach was particularly suitable, as many of the cables to the front passed near the town, and it had suitable hotel and other accommodation. Orders were accordingly given for General Headquarters to be established at Kreuznach, Munster am Stein, and Bingen, and the second fortnight of February was contemplated as the time when the transfer should take place. Meanwhile, the possibility of having to return to Pless had to be kept in view. The Austro-Hungarian High Command was transferred to Baden, near Vienna. The submarine-cruiser campaign opened on February 1, 1917, and as soon as it became evident that the troops that had been concentrated on the frontiers of Holland and Denmark to meet a possible attack from these quarters would not be required, these forces and their staffs, which had been held in reserve for this purpose, were liberated for use on the Western front. >>More
French Army from Revolution to the First Empire
Illustrations by Hippolyte Bellangé from the book P.-M. Laurent de L`Ardeche «Histoire de Napoleon», 1843 >>More
German Field Fortifications on the Eastern Front
This album contains original drawings of German field fortifications on the Eastern Front, dated by 1943-1944. Prepared for publication by Engineering Department of Soviet Army in 1945-1946, album remained in archives as manuscript, until its recent discovery and publication at www.fortifications.ru, which kindly gave us permission for reproduction. (Special thanks to Oleg V. Tulnov.). "The album was developed with a purpose to familiarize staff of the Land forces with types and designs of field fortifications, which were used by German defense. This album is based on the Reports of Fronts Engineering Departments and various commissions, created under Chief of Military Engineering. The album contains 7 sections: I. Opened Fire Positions. II. Covered Fire Positions. III. Observation Posts. IV. Shelters. V. Preparing Local Environment for Defense. VI. Anti-tank and Anti-personnel Obstacles. VII. Camouflage." >>More
Russian WWII Propaganda Posters
Russian World War II Propaganda Posters >>More
The Remagen Bridgehead March 1945
The purpose of this study is to collect all available facts pertinent to the Remagen Bridgehead Operation, to collate these data in cases of conflicting reports, and to present the processed material in such a form that it may be efficiently utilized by an instructor in preparing a period of instruction. The data on which this study is based was obtained from interviews with personnel who took part in the operation and from after action reports listed in the bibliography. This is an Armored School publication and is not the official Department of the Army history of the Remagen Operation. It must be remembered that the Remagen Operation is an example of a rapid and successful exploitation of an unexpected fortune of war. As such, the inevitable confusion of facts and the normal fog of war are more prevalent than usual. The absence of specific, detailed prior plans, the frequent changes of command, and the initial lack of an integrated force all make the details of the operation most difficult to evaluate and the motives of some decisions rather obscure. The operation started as a two-battalion action and grew into a four-division operation within a week. Units were initially employed in the bridgehead, as they became available, where they were most needed: a line of action that frequently broke up regiments. In cases of conflicting accounts of the action, the authors of this study have checked each action and each time of action included in the study and have evaluated the various reports in order to arrive at the most probable conclusions. >>More
Sniping in France by Major H. Hesketh-Prichard
"It may fairly be claimed that when hostilities ceased on November 11th, 1918, we had outplayed Germany at all points of the game. Perhaps as a nation we failed in imagination. Possibly Germany was more quick to initiate new methods of warfare or to adapt her existing methods to meet prevailing conditions. Certainly we were slow to adopt, indeed, our souls abhorred, anything unsportsmanlike. Had it been left to us, "Gas" would have taken no part in the Great European War. But, however lacking in imagination, however slow to realize the importance of novel methods, once we were convinced of their necessity, once we decided to adopt them, we managed by a combination of brains and energy, pluck and endurance, not only to make up the lost ground, but to take the lead in the race. In proof of this statement I would instance Heavy Field Artillery, High Explosives, Gas, Work in the Air, etc., and many other points I could mention in which Germany started ahead of us, including Sniping Observation and Scouting. And for our eventual superiority we owe much to individuals, men who, like the author of this book Major Hesketh-Prichard, combined expert knowledge with untiring energy, men who would not be denied and could not recognize defeat." >>More
Soviet War Paintings
Soviet War paintings >>More
World War II Sketches by Hans Liska
Hans Liska (1907-1984) is one of the most well-known and prolific WWII Axis illustrators, who served with the German Armed Forces during the war. In 1942 and 1943 German publishing house Carl Werner in Reichenbach, sponsored by Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, published 2 albums with Hans Liska's sketches and color illustrations "to please the frontline soldiers and the workers of the weapon factories" in Germany. Definitely, Liska's art lived up to the expectations of his peers, and propaganda clichés left the well-recognizable footprints all over his painting and drawings. However, at the same time artist was also able to create something more valuable than NSDAP-commissioned propaganda poster for the crumbling wall of the neighborhood bakery in bombed-up German provincial town. Liska convincingly demonstrates that he has an eye for the real war drama, with all its pain, suffering, desperation, hard work, endurance, sense of duty, and courage for yet one more push to the utmost, which all participants are likely to share, no matter under what colors they fought and died. >>More
V-Weapons (Crossbow) Campaign
The code word "Crossbow" was used throughout the period of planning and operations as a convenient term for any matters relating to the attack on England by long range weapons, including all counter-measures against such attacks. It is used in the same sense in this paper, although after D-day the term included attacks against continental targets as well. This report does not attempt to be a complete account of the development and exploitation of "secret weapons" by Germany, nor a detailed and final appraisal of the success or failure of the counter-measures employed against them. This report attempts rather to consider the "Crossbow" campaign as an influence on the operational pattern of the Strategic Air Forces. Considerable background material has been included to place in better perspective a subject which has been clouded by secrecy and distorted by propaganda. >>More
The History of Maxim Gorky-I Naval Battery
After disastrous war with Japan in 1904-1905 Russian Imperial government decided to upgrade coastal defenses of the Sevastopol Navy Base in Crimea with two huge armored naval gun batteries. Existing batteries of 11-inch naval guns were constructed in 1867-1877 and by 1905 they were completely outdated and outclassed by the guns of the modern battleships. Old coastal defense guns were standing in the open and all loading operations were conducted manually, slowing down the rate of fire to one shell in 2 minutes, against 2 shells per minute of contemporary English battleships. Another major drawback was the concentration of all batteries on the relatively narrow shore strip from Cape Tolsty to Quarantine Bay, where they protected entrance to the Sevastopol Bay. This position was considered as suitable to protect Sevastopol from European Navies of 1870-s, but in 1900s, in the era of new, much more powerful battleships, able to shell Sevastopol from offshore areas near Balaklava and Cape Violent up to 30 km distance above Mackenzie and Cape Chersonese mountain ranges, old coastal artillery defense system had to be upgraded and re-positioned. >>More
The Defeat of the German Air Force
On 6 June 1944, General Eisenhower was able to say, "If you see fighter aircraft over you, they will be ours." This remark signalized the achievement of the first objective of the Allied Air Forces In Europe: the reduction of the GAF as an effective deterrent to land or air invasion. This attainment of superiority over the GAF, given priority in the Casablanca Directive of January 1943, was the result of concentrated air action during the nine months prior to D-Day by the Allied Air Forces In the European Theater. It was brought about primarily through: a) Attrition of the enemy fighter force in the air and on the ground, and the consequent deterioration of the quality of enemy fighter pilots; b) Attacks on enemy aircraft production which caused vital delay in the expansion of the GAF fighter force. The air superiority gained before D-Day was maintained throughout 1944 and 1945 by the combined efforts of the RAF and USAAF through attrition and c) Destruction of the sources of enemy aircraft fuel production; d) Disruption of the GAF system for supply and repair caused by attacks on the German transportation. >>More
Colt's Double-Action Revolver Caliber .45
This manual is published for the information and government of the Regular Army and Organized Militia of the United States. >>More