BUILDING AN AMERICAN ARMY ~ 1939-1941

Twitter Threads (Since Twitter decided to get rid of Moments)

What Were the GHQ Maneuvers?

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

The Interwar Years

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

The US Army in 1939

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

Protective Mobilization Plan

 

Mobilization

 

Industrial Mobilization

 

Materiel

 

For Defense Only

 

The Army Air Corps Finds Finds a Way

 

Things We Didn’t Have But Needed

 

There’s Just No Money

 

US Army Training

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Logistics

 

The Air-Ground Dilemma

 

Ground Support & Strategic Bombing

 

Army Officer Education

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

Lesley J. McNair

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Making NCOs

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

Introduction to the US Army

 

The Quartermaster Corps

 

The Ordnance Corps

 

The Transportation Corps

 

The Military Police Corps

 

The Chemical Corps

 

Military Intelligence

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Finance Corps

 

Adjutant General’s Corps & Army Bands

 

Judge Advocate General’s Corps

 

Signal Corps

 

US Army Medical Department

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Chaplain Corps

 

Public Affairs & WWII Censorship

 

Corps of Engineers

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

Artillery

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

Cavalry

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

 

Armor

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Infantry

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Infantry (Part III) Armor (Part III) Cavalry (Part IV)

 

Doctrine

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

The 1941 GHQ Maneuvers

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

The 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers Phase I: The Battle of the Red River

 

The 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers Phase II: The Battle for Shreveport

 

The 1941 Carolinas Maneuvers Phase I: The Battle for Pee Dee River

 

The 1941 Carolinas Maneuvers Phase II: The Battle for Camden

 

After the 1941 GHQ Maneuvers

 

A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: December 7, 1941

 

FINAL THREAD