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Battle Studies: PME
The following handouts were developed for unit PME. Most are supplementary materials intended to augment the main presentation. All are twentieth-century state-versus-state conflict.
Year	Unit and Battle	Document	Campaign Country	Army	Lessons
1915	Commonwealth Forces at Gallipoli	Annex A	Gallipoli Turkey	British, Australian, NZ, French	The difficulties of Amphibious Landings
1918	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines at Belleau Wood	Battle Study	WWI France	USMC	The importance of morale, confidence, and discipline for units new to combat.
1940	German Army Organization for the Invasion of France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German	Massive German Army organization and planning for the invasion of France.
	XIX Panzer Corps in France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German	Ruthless allocation of resources: How to prioritize the Main Effort.
	1st Panzer Division in France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German	German Panzer Division organization built on combined-arms balance.
	2nd Panzer Division in France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German
	10th Panzer Division in France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German
	6th Panzer Division, XLI Panzer Corps, in France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German
	7th Panzer Division, XV Panzer Corps, in France	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb France	German	Rommel’s first command in WWII.
1940	German 7th Parachute Division in the Netherlands	Annex A	Op Fall Gelb Netherlands	German
1941	6th Panzer Division in Russia	Annex A	Op Barbarossa Soviet Union	German	Battle Groups: Task organization for combat.
1941	British 8th Army in Operation Crusader	OpOrder	Op Crusader North Africa	British
	Annex B Intelligence	Axis Order of Battle	Op Crusader North Africa	German Italian	Battle Groups: Task Organization for combat
	XXX Corps in Operation Crusader	OpOrder	Op Crusader North Africa	British South African	Fragmented brigade attacks. Lack of combined-arms focus at division level.
	XIII Corps in Operation Crusader	OpOrder	Op Crusader North Africa	British - Indian New Zealand
	Crusader Battle Study Letter of Instuction	LOI	Op Crusader North Africa	Commonwealth German
	Crusader Lessons Learned	AAR	Op Crusader North Africa	Commonwealth German
	General Fritz Bayerlein	Biography	Op Crusader North Africa	German
1942	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines at Guadalcanal	Battle Study	Op Watchtower Guadalcanal	USMC	First battle of WWII: Preparedness and training, morale and confidence.
	Books on the Battle of Guadalcanal	Bibliography	Op Watchtower Guadalcanal	USMC US
1942	8th Army at Second El Alamein	Annex A	Op Supercharge North Africa	Commonwealth
1942	6th Armee at Stalingrad	Annex A	Stalingrad Soviet Union	German	German Division organization in WWII.
	4th Panzer Armee at Stalingrad	Annex A	Stalingrad Soviet Union	German
1943	505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily	Battle Study	Op Husky Sicily	US	Decentralized operations require aggressive small-unit leaders with initiative.
1943	VI Corps Invades Italy 1943	Battle Study	Op Avalanche Italy	US	Nesting the Main Effort
1944	U.S. First Army Buildup at Normandy	Table	Op Overlord France	US	Rapid multiple-division build-up required tremendous planning and logistics.
	V Corps at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	US
	1st Infantry Division at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	US
	29th Infantry Division at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	US	Federalized National Guard Division in WWII.
	VII Corps at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	US	US Division organization in WWII.
	82nd Airborne Division at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	US
	101st Airborne Division at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	US
1944	British Second Army at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	British Canadian	British Division organization in WWII.
	British Follow-On Divisions at Normandy	Annex A	Op Overlord France	British Canadian	Branch-of-service focus prevented combined-arms integration.
1944	CCA, 3rd Armored Division in Operation Cobra	TDG	Op Cobra France	US	Terrain is the first consideration for anti-tank positions.
	VII Corps Task Organization in Operation Cobra	Annex A	Op Cobra France	US	The Combat Command: combined-arms tank-infantry task organization.
1944	2nd Canadian Corps in Operation Totalize	Concept of Ops	Op Totalize France	Canadian	Armor Breakthrough
1944	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines at Peleliu	Battle Study	Op Stalemate Peleliu	USMC
1944	Operation Market-Garden	Battle Study	Op Market-Garden Netherlands	British US	How to plan poorly: limit options, underestimate the enemy.
	I Airborne Corps in Market Garden	Annex A	Op Market-Garden Netherlands	British - Polish US	Leadership by example. Cohesion of parachute units.
	XXX Corps in Market Garden	Annex A	Op Market-Garden Netherlands	British Dutch	Units develop tank-infantry practices in combat when doctrine fails.
1950	Task Force Smith 1950	PME Presentation	Korea	US	Unpreparedness for combat.
	Organization of Task Force Smith	Annex A	Korea	US	Lack of anti-tank capability
1950	5th Marines at Naktong Bulge Battle Study	Battle Study LOI	Korea	USMC
	24th Infantry Division OpOrder	OpOrder	Korea	US
	Sequence of Events: August 1950	Maps	Korea	US
	5th Marine Regiment OpOrder	OpOrder	Korea	USMC
	5th Marines Intelligence Summary	Annex B	Korea	USMC
	Naktong Bulge Lessons Learned	AAR	Korea	USMC
1950	1st Marine Division at Inchon	Article	Op Chromite Korea	USMC	MacArthur’s intent was NOT met. Experienced Commanders.
	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines at Inchon	Battle Study	Op Chromite Korea	USMC
1968	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines at Hue City	Battle Study	Hue City Vietnam	USMC
1982	2nd The Parachute Regiment at Goose Green	Battle Study	Op Corporate Falkland Islands	British	Experienced commanders. Notes on combat orders.
1991	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in Desert Storm	Battle Study	Op Desert Storm Kuwait	USMC
2003	5th Marines OIF Chronology	Battle Study	Op Iraqi Freedom Iraq	USMC
2003	2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in OIF	Battle Study	Op Iraqi Freedom Iraq	USMC

History	Document	Army
The King’s Own Scottish Borderers	Regimental History	British
The 80th Infantry Division in World War I	WWI History	US
“Saving the Guns at the Battle of Maiwand” Afghanistan 1880	History of a Painting	British
Fallschirmjager: German Parachute Beret Badge	Cap Badge History	German
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines Commanders	Battalion Commanders	USMC
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines Coat-of-Arms	Battalion Coat-of-Arms	USMC
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines History	Battalion History	USMC
Panzerkampfwagen III	Tank History	German
M3 37mm Anti-tank Gun	AT Gun History	US
Union Army at Gettysburg	Annex A	US
Confederate Army at Gettysburg	Annex A	US

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