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Russo-Ukraine
Stormbreak: Fighting Through Russian Defences in Ukraine’s 2023 Offensive
Jack Watling, Nick Reynolds
Royal United Services Institute, 2023
Russia’s ‘New’ Tools for Confronting the West Continuity and Innovation in Moscow’s Exercise of Power
Kier Giles
Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2016
Nagorno-Karabahk
Death from Above: How Secure Tactical Video Transmission Impacted the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
John Antal
Self Published, 2021
GWOT Era
A Different Fight
No Author
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, 2017
A Small-unit Leader’s Guide to the Capabilities and Tactics of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces
Gaza 2014: Israel’s Attrition vs Hamas’ Exhaustion
Eitan Shamir, Eado Hecht
Parameters, 2015
Acknowledging Limits: Police Advisors and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
William Rosenau
Marine Corps University Press, 2011
Chechen War
Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen War 1994-2009
Dodge Billingsley, Lester Grau
Foreign Military Studies Office, 2012
Russian Lessons Learned From the Battles For Grozny
Lester Grau, Timothy Thomas
Foreign Military Studies Office, 2000
Russian Tactical Lessons Learned from Fighting the Chechen Separatists
Timothy Thomas
Foreign Military Studies Office, 2005
Vietnam Era
U.S. Marines in Vietnam: High Mobility and Standdown
Charles Smith
Marine Corps History Division, 1988
U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year
Jack Shulimson
Marine Corps History Division, 1997
WWII
Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours
No Author
No Date
Close Air Support in the Philippines
Keith McCutcheon
HQMC, 1945
Across the Reef: The Marine Assault on Tarawa
Joseph Alexander
Marine Corps History Division, No Date
A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian
Richard Harwood
Marine Corps History Division, No Date
Close Air Support in the Pacific
John McJennett
HQMC, 1945
Close Air Support on Iwo Jima
No Author
HQMC, 1945
Lessons Drawn from the Combats of Infantry Division Großdeutschland 28 June to 25 December, 1942
i.G. Cord von Hobe
The Tactical Notebook, 1993
Inter-War Period
The German Air Force in the Spanish Civil War
Karl Drum
U.S. Air Force, 1955
Don't let the title fool you. This is a translation from a German Officer about tactical actions during the Spanish Civil War is unique in its subject matter and perspective.
Overcoming Traditionalism: An Analysis of Naval Aviation Tactics During Fleet Problems
Joseph Cascio
Master's Thesis, 2005
FMFRP 12-46, Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia
E.H. Ellis
HQMC, 1921
Pre-WWI
The Battle of Custozza: A Tactical Study
von Verdy du Vernois
Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1894
Tactical Report from the Dominican Republic
H.T. Bearss
No Publisher, 1916
Uncategorized
U.S. Marines in the Caribbean
Nicholas E. Reynolds
HQMC, 2003
AC-130s in Panama and Operation Just Cause
Various
Air Commando Journal, 2014. See page 15, page 21