An Interview with Lieutenant General (Retired) Francis Hickling …

The Landings in Normandy* WAR in the desert had been described as “The tactician’s paradise—and the quartermaster’s hell,” a saying that must tank crews would have been quite prepared to endorse without bothering unduly how “The Q” felt about it—always excepting, of course, the vexed question of “The Bigger Gun,” War in Normandy was about equally exasperating for everybody. Before studying the problems of armour in the planning, and the initial battles, it is worth while to summarize the enemy’s …

2(AS) Division PME Program 'The Defence Strategic Review and National Defence Strategy: Implications and Outcomes for the Australian Army'   Magic weapons, political influence and resistance The  National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP) recognises strategic urgency and Australia’s challenging strategic circumstances. [i] Those circumstances, described in the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) [ii] and the NDS itself explicitly call out Russia, China, North Korea and Iran as …

THE designs of dress for the Post War Army have been announced and, as is to be expected with something that is right next to a man’s skin, a great deal of interest and discussion have been aroused. The success of the new uniforms and the reaction of the soldier to them will depend not only on the garments themselves but also upon his understanding of the methods used in arriving at the final decisions. Those whose own views have been confirmed will, no doubt, be quietly satisfied, but those who had wanted …

Introduction A cursory perusal of the Principles of War listed in Army Training Memorandum No. 53 (February — March, 1948), may lead to the supposition that the Chiefs of Staff in the United Kingdom have altered some of the old principles and introduced some new ones. Reflection, however, will show that all they have done is to re-state the well known and generally accepted principles in more precise terms, and to underline certain factors which, under the conditions of modern war, require emphasis. It …

PROMOTION examination for officers of the Regular Army will be introduced as from June, 1949.  To assist candidates for both promotion and Staff College entrance examinations, part time courses will be arranged by Commands and Military Districts. It must be appreciated, however, that the raising of the Citizen Military Forces, and the increase in training activity generally, will throw a heavy burden on formation staffs. Time simply will not permit them to run comprehensive and lengthy examination classes …

Its Place in History IN September, 1947, the American Association of Scientific Workers, in a memorandum to the General Assembly of the United Nations, defined Biological Warfare as the use in war of pathogenic, or disease-producing, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, rickettsiae, viruses and other agents of infectious disease, of their toxic products, and of certain other organic chemical poisons (animal or plant toxins, plant “hormones”) intended to kill or incapacitate human beings or economically useful …

Make Him Welcome ONE of the most distressing of human emotions is the feeling of isolation that takes hold of a young man when he joins a new organization, whether it be a school, a business establishment, or a military unit. There may be a few hardy souls who are never troubled with this natural shyness. However, nearly all of us can recall the feeling of loneliness, evert wretchedness, that troubled us during our first days at a new school. Everyone else knew each other, the masters, and the routine. To …

Condensed from Number 10 in a series of articles being published in the United States Infantry Journal. The articles are from Colonel Marshall’s book, “Men Against Fire,” SO far, we have considered speech in combat mainly as a lubricant to all of the cogs in the complex mechanism of tactics. As Disraeli said, men govern by words. It is by virtue of the spoken word, rather than by sight or any other medium, that men in combat gather courage from the knowledge that they are being supported by others. Battle …

The articles in this series were prepared by Captain D. WILLETT who is now attending a Radar Course in the United Kingdom. Other articles in the series are:—The Principles of Radar, ATM 51; Radar Components, ATM 52; Radar and Anti-Aircraft Gunnery, ATM 53; Radar and Coast Gunnery, ATM 54. Introduction The use of radar equipments by coast and anti-aircraft artillery units was a recognized practice during the recent war, but it is not generally realized that a start had been made to apply radar to field …