Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops written by Robert Roswell Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops written by Robert Roswell Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops Classic Reprint written by Robert Roswell Palmer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops The armed forces of the United States at their peak strength during World War II numbered approximately The Army's share of this total was roughly of which about were enlisted men. Another volume of this series has described the problems attending the allocation to ground combat units of an adequate proportion of the mobilized manpower.1 Of equal concern to the Army Ground Forces was the quality of these men with respect to their basic aptitudes for service in the ground arms. Even if these basic aptitudes had been firmly established by the system of classifying the Army's quota of the national manpower, not all of those found to possess them could have been assigned to the Army Ground Forces. The com peting demands of the Air Forces for men with combat aptitudes and of both the Air and Service Forces for men with technical qualifications had to be met also. The supply necessary to meet all demands having quickly been found inadequate, priorities were established. In 1942 it was deemed necessary to give the Army Air Forces first call on the Army's quota of men in the highest brackets of general military aptitude. By the end of 1943 the operation of this priority and of other factors had reduced to a dangerously low level the number of men allotted to the Ground Forces who seemed likely to perform effectively in combat. In 1944 priority as between Air and Ground Forces was reversed, and the system of classification was revised to select more effectively for ground combat service the types of men who had an aptitude for such service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book United States Army in World War II The procurement and training of ground combat troops by R R Palmer and others 1948 written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops written by Robert Roswell Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of studies on training, the principal mission of the Army Ground Forces, including procurement of soldiers and officers and the policies and problems involved in training individuals and units for their special functions in ground combat.

Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops written by Robert Roswell Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops written by Robert Roswell Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book United States Army in World War II The procurement and training of ground combat troops by R R Palmer and others written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops written by Robert Palmer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the series of historical studies of the Army Ground Forces, 1942-45, a volume previously published, The Organization of Ground Combat Troops, deals with policies governing the number, size, composition, and equipment of the ground combat units in World War II. This volume centers on training, the principal mission of the Army Ground Forces. Since the obtaining of qualified personnel proved to be basic to the fulfillment of this mission, the first three studies deal with the procurement of enlisted men and officers possessed of the qualities and aptitudes desired for service in ground combat. The three studies which follow discuss the policies and problems involved in the training of individuals, enlisted and commissioned, for their special functions in ground combat-a responsibility which the Commanding General of the Army Ground Forces received in March 1942 as successor to the chiefs of the statutory arms. The last four studies in the volume deal with the training of units, which the Army Ground Forces regarded as its principal and most urgent task.

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Download or read book The Army Ground Forces written by Robert R. Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Army Ground Forces The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops 2003 written by Center of Military History and published by . This book was released on 2003* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Organization of Ground Combat Troops written by Kent Roberts Greenfield and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume consists of six studies dealing with basic organizational problems of the ground forces. The first study concerns the antecedents of the Army Ground Forces, during the years 1940-42, as represented by General Headquarters, U.S. Army, from which the Army Ground Forces and its policies in respect to the organization and training of the ground troops developed. Given the limited objective inherent in the mission of the authors as members of the Historical Section, Army Ground Forces, the study of General Headquarters is not an exhaustive treatise on that organization, but emphasizes its exercise of those functions and activities which were later assumed by the Army Ground Forces. Nevertheless, such subjects as the activities of GHQ in planning and directing operations and the steps involving GHQ which led to the reorganization of the Army high command in March 1942 are included, not only to round out the picture, but also to contribute to the understanding of larger questions the information found in the records of GHQ. The next four studies in this volume give an account of the principal problems and decisions of the Army Ground Forces regarding the size, internal organization, and armament of the ground troops deployed in World War II. The last study explains the part played by the Army Ground Forces in the redeployment and reorganization of the ground forces for the final assault against Japan. The point of view represented in the studies is that of General Headquarters and of the Army Ground Forces, and only their decisions are fully documented. In general, research was carried beyond the records of these two organizations only so far as seemed necessary to explain their views and decisions. No effort was made to explore facts not known to them at the time when action was recommended or taken. It is recognized that a knowledge of other facts and circumstances is necessary for a balanced judgment of their recommendations and decisions, a knowledge which will be attainable only when the history of the war, and of the part played by the War Department and the U.S. Army in winning it, has been written.

Download or read book The Army Ground Forces written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om General Headquarters, U.S. Army oprettet 1940. Endvidere om problemer vedr. mobilisering og organisation af landstyrkerne og general McNair's anstrengelser for at løse dem.

Download or read book The Army Ground Forces written by Kent Robert Greenfield and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om General Headquarters, U.S.Army oprettet 1940. Endvidere om problemer vedr. mobilisering og organisation af landstyrkerne og general McNair's anstrengelser for at løse dem.

Download or read book Searching For Competence The Initial Combat Experience Of Untested US Army Divisions In World War II written by Major Benjamin L. Bradley and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The initial combat experience of the 90th Infantry Division in World War II demonstrates the leadership and training problems faced by many new divisions throughout the war. Like all newly activated World War II Divisions, the 90th had a turbulent two-year training period fraught with problems of resources and personnel. During the interwar years, the Army’s readiness was allowed to stagnate below such an acceptable level that when crisis called there was little to build upon. Consequently, the larger priority of rapidly fielding 90 divisions outweighed considerations for how well those divisions were trained. Thus, the 90th Division was forced into combat by the exigencies of war with many factors working against it: untested officers, unfamiliar doctrine, limited training on advanced combat skills, and the detrimental effects of constant personnel turnover, including commanders. As the 90th went ashore on Normandy, a period of ineffectiveness ensued as soldiers were forced to learn the lessons of training under fire and unsuccessful leaders were replaced. Furthermore, the 90th Division’s period of ineffectiveness seemed extraordinary because it occurred under the spotlight of the Normandy invasion where insufficient planning for the difficulties of hedgerow combat severely slowed the expected pace of advance. Undoubtedly, the performance of the 90th Division’s senior leadership was abysmal, but its uncoordinated attacks were the product of training deficiencies experienced by all new divisions. Additionally, critical evaluation reveals the 90th’s early contribution much higher than historically credited and far from the total failure some have labeled it.