The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF)

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This is Volume One of The Army Air Forces in World War II, titled Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The University of Chicago Press first published it in 1948, and the Office of Air Force History reprinted it in 1983. The front matter explains how the AAF historical program was set up during the war. The index covers Pacific, Atlantic and European operations, and nothing in the text concerns unidentified aerial phenomena.

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“The Invaders”15 pages

p. 125 …an invading army. For that job they were well equipped, trained, and organized. Though the Luftwaff…
p. 127 …For the first time, German parachute troops were successfully employed when the Nazi forces invaded Holland…
p. 131 …equipment for moving an invading force across the intervening waters. The army itself, caught unprepared, required…
p. 134 …By the first of June the British had been forced to yield Crete to the invaders…
p. 183 …Nevertheless, a land army should be prepared to invade the continent and Germany itself. T h…
p. 246 …this effort." Apparently the course of the invaders plotted earlier in the morning was not utilized…
p. 263 …tanks, but they too “strafed and restrafed the invaders.” As Lt. Samuel H. Marrett, squadron commander…
p. 461 …the invading forces was merely preliminary to the bringing in of bombers in preparation for the…
p. 493 …Its nickel and chrome mines were readily accessible to an invader. Admiral King believed that the…
p. 522 …after the action; not until the war ended and the teams of interrogators invaded Japan was…
p. 529 …There was no intention of invading the Alaskan mainland, or even Dutch Harbor; the objective was…
p. 535 …Four of the most efficient carriers had gone down, carrying with them the hopes of Admiral…
p. 559 …the latter presented the more immediate need for reinforcement. Tavoy had fallen to Japanese invaders as…
p. 630 …The Netherlands East Indies and Burma, already invaded, were doomed. T h e Indian Ocean was…
p. 633 …to the preliminary strategic bombardment and only modestly to direct support of the invading force. A…

THE UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOPRESS, CHICAGO8
LONDON
The University of Toronto Press, Toronto 5, Canada
Copyright 1948 by The University of Chicago. All
rights reserved. Published 1948. Manufactured by the
VANREES PRESS,New York. Fifth Impression 1964
by THE UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOPRESS, Chicago,
Illinois, U.S.A.
Copyright registration renewed 1975
This work, first published by the University of Chicago Press,
is reprinted in its entirety by the Office of Air Force History.
With the exception of editing, the work is the product of the
United States government.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title :
The Army Air Forces in World War 11.
Vol. 1 originally prepared by the Office of Air Force
History; v. 2, by the Air Historical Group; and v. 3-7,
by the USAF Historical Division.
Reprint. Originally published : Chicago : University
of Chicago Press, 1948-1958.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: v. 1. Plans and early operations, January
1939 to August 1942-v. 2. Europe, torch to point-
blank, August 1942 to December 1943-[etc.]-v. 7.
Services around the world.
1. World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations,
American. 2. United States. Army Air Forces-
History-World War, 1939-1945. I. Craven, Wesley
Frank, 1905- . 11. Cate, James Lea, 1899- .
111. United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force
History. IV. United States. Air Force. Air Historical
Group. V. United States. USAF Historical Division.
D790.A89 1983 940.54’4973 83-17288
ISBN 0-912799-03-X (v- 1)
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