Army's Unpreparedness Before World War II and the Korean Conflict

Abstract

The Army is charge to fight the nation's war and protect the nation from all enemies both foreign and domestic. However, the Army has not always been ready for this mission at times. The Army has been unprepared for its main mission of fighting the nation's wars because of the North African Campaign during World War II the Army had to learn to fight as a large trained force. In the Korean War Conflict, the Army was unprepared due to the downsizing after World War II. Numerous reasons are the causes of this unpreparedness in our Army.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 2008
Accession Number
AD1136421

Entities

People

  • Scott G. Busma

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Budgets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Korean War
  • Leadership
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Budgets
  • Military History
  • National Guard
  • New York
  • North Africa
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Second World War
  • Training
  • United States
  • War

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies