Combat Engineers of World War II: Lessons on Training and Mobilization

by U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and United States Army Command and General Staff College

United States Army combat engineers were not properly trained to conduct their mission during World War II. Research of combat engineer training and operations during the interwar period and subsequently in the Pacific, North African, and European theaters revealed the extraordinary efforts required both to train new engineers and to develop selectees into capable combat engineer units. This research demonstrates that significant reductions to military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511615451
• ISBN13: 9781511615457
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"