Military geography for professionals and the publicMilitary geography, one of several subsets within those broad confines, concentrates on the influence of physical and cultural environments over political-military policies, plans, programs, and combat/support operations of all types in global, regional, and local contexts. Key factors displayed in table 1 directly (sometimes decisively) affect the full range of military activities: strategies, tactics, and doctrines; command, control, and organizational structures; the optimum mix of land, sea, air, and space forces; intelligence collection; targeting; research and development; the procurement and allocation of weapons, equipment, and clothing; plus supply, maintenance, construction, medical support, education, and training. |
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Air Force aircraft airfields Allied amphibious Arctic area of responsibility artillery atmosphere Beach boundaries bridges British Calvados Center cities Cold War Cold War Bases combat Command Cotentin Peninsula D-Day Defense Dept Desert Earth Earth's atmosphere East enemy Europe facilities feet forests fortifications German ground Gulf installations islands jungles Khe Sanh kilometers land Laos lines of communication littoral logistical meters miles Military Geography military operations missiles missions moon Mountains National Navy Normandy North nuclear Ocean Omaha Beach Operation Neptune orbit Pacific regions River roads Route runway ships South South Vietnam Soviet space Strategic submarines supplies surface tactical tanks targets Tchepone temperatures terrain territory topography transportation troops U.S. Armed Forces U.S. Army U.S. Cold U.S. Marine U.S. military U.S. Navy United urban Utah Beach vehicles Vietnam Warfare Washington waves weapons weather winds World World War II York zone
Popular passages
Page 153 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 215 - The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Page 69 - ... neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Page 325 - The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military maneuvers on celestial bodies shall be forbidden.
Page 270 - From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.
Page 278 - Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland: Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island: Who rules the World-Island commands the World.
Page 271 - If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.
Page 94 - I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; . . . then the door I opened wide.
Page 27 - ... and in peace he ought to practise it more than in war, which he can do in two ways: by action and by study. As to action, he must, besides keeping his men well disciplined and exercised, engage continually in hunting, and thus accustom his body to hardships; and meanwhile learn the nature of the land, how steep the mountains are, how the valleys debouch, where the plains lie, and understand the nature of rivers and swamps.
Page xxi - January 16, 1976, thereby merging the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the National War College to form a university.