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What's New
7 July 2009
- Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945
- The Machine Gun: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons
2 June 2009
23 May 2009
- Cassino to the Alps
[US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS]21 May 2009
- The Capabilities and Limitations of Shipborne Radar [Radar Bulletin No. 1(a) (RADONE)]
19 May 2009
- The Pacific Landings
[THE COAST GUARD AT WAR: Vol. VI]16 May 2009
- Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945
[US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: SPECIAL STUDIES]6 May 2009
- The Supreme Command
[US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS]- History of COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander) 1943-1944
30 April 2009
- THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II, Volume II: Europe: TORCH to POINTBLANK (Craven and Cate)
27 April 2009
- Disaster at Savo Island, 1942 by Lt. Col. David E. Quantock, USA (Army War College: 2002)
21 April 2009
- Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1992, by Thomas Wildenberg
10 April 2009
- The Royal Air Force, 1939-1945, Volume 3: Fight is Won
[HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES]6 April 2009
- A Statistical Summary of Japanese Naval Matériel (Rev. 2)
- War Service Fuel Consumption of U.S. Naval Surface Vessels (FTP 218)
31 March 2009
24 March 2009
23 March 2009
20 March 2009
- Tentative Lessons from the Recent Active Campaign in Europe (Norway, 1940 -- Military Intelligence Division, War Department)
- The Coast Guard at War, Vol. X: Sicily--Italy Landings
18 March 2009
13 March 2009
- Conquering the Night: Army Air Forces Night Fighters at War [THE U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II]
11 March 2009
- Design and Operation of United States Combat Aircraft (Office of War Information)
9 March 2009
- Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal
by Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN (Ret.)5 March 2009
26 February 2009
- The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945
(OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Vol. III)23 February 2009
- Procedure for Military Executions
(War Department Pamphlet No. 27-4)21 February 2009
- UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Salerno to Cassino31 January 2009
26 January 2009
- History of the Eastern Sea Frontier (Organizational and Operational) [U.S. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II]
9 January 2009
- Basic Gunnery Doctrine and Instructions for Ships of Air Force, Pacific Fleet (Tentative) (1944)
- Report of Night Action in Surigao Strait, Philippine Islands, 24-25 October 1944. (Commander Task Group 79.11 (ComDesRon 54))
8 January 2009
3 January 2009
- Radar: A Report on Science at War [Joint Board on Scientific Information Policy]
24 December 2008
- US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Sicily and the Surrender of Italy, by Albert N. Garland and Howard McGaw Smyth Assisted by Martin Blumenson23 December 2008
- Lookout Manual (US Navy training aid for lookouts--NavPers 170069)
- ASW in World War II (Operations Evaluation Group Report No. 51)
16 October 2008
- US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Breakout and Pursuit, by Martin Blumenson14 October 2008
- HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR--UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES
War at Sea, Vol. II: The Period of Balance, by S.W. Roskill8 October 2008
- Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments In the Regional Archives Part of Record Group 181
7 October 2008
23 September 2008
- OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Volume I: Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific19 September 2008
6 September 2008
- Surrender of Italy, Germany and Japan, World War II [79th Congress, 1st Session--Senate Doc. No. 93]
26 August 2008
- Germany Surrenders Unconditionally: Facsimiles of the Documents
20 August 2008
- Handbook on German Military Forces (War Department Technical Manual TM-E 30-451)
29 July 2008
- War Damage Report No. 58: Submarine Report (Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage, Including Losses in Action, 7 December 1941 to 15 August 1945)
23 July 2008
16 July 2008
8 July 2008
- U.S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR II; MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West2-7 July 2008
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Invasion of Sicily [NAVAER 50-30T-1]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Occupation of Kiska [NAVAER 50-30T-2]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: Operations of the Seventh Amphibious Force, 30 June 1943-2 January 1944 [NAVAER 50-30T-3]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Occupation of the Gilbert Islands [NAVAER 50-30T-4]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Assault Landing on Leyte Island [NAVAER 50-30T-6]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Invasion of Southern France [NAVAER 50-30T-8]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: Amphibious Landing in Lingayen Gulf [NAVAER 50-30T-9]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The Battle of Midway [NAVAER 50-40T-1]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: Fleet Air Wing Four Strikes [NAVAER 50-40T-2]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: Carrier Strikes on the China Coast, January 1945 [NAVAER 50-40T-3]
- Aerology and Amphibious Warfare: The First Raid on Japan [NAVAER 50-40T-4]
26 June 2008
- Handbook on Japanese Military Forces [War Department Technical Manual TM-E 30-480]
27 May 2008
- The U-Boat War in the Caribbean: Opportunities Lost
- Community Government in Relocation Centers (War Relocation Authority: Evacuation & Internment of Japanese Americans)
20 May 2008
- Building the Navy's Bases in World War II; History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946 (Vol. I: The War Program & The Continental Bases)
19 May 2008
- Historical Narrative of U.S. Naval Armed Guard Center Third Naval District, 20 May 1941 to June 1945
(Volume II, Part 2 of the administrative history of Commandant, Third Naval District)16 May 2008
- All for One; One for All: The Story of Lend-Lease
- Lend-Lease Shipments, World War II, Vol. II (War Dept., 31 December 1946)
(Signal, Transportation, Army Air Forces)
A complete list of materials--descriptions, quantities, and destination--of all items shipped by the War Department under Lend-Lease.23 April 2008
- Lend-Lease Shipments, World War II, Vol. I (War Dept., 31 December 1946)
(Chemical, Engineers, Ordnance, & Quartermaster)
A complete list of materials--descriptions, quantities, and destination--of all items shipped by the War Department under Lend-Lease.12 April 2008
- The Relocation Program (War Relocation Authority: Evacuation & Internment of Japanese Americans)
7 April 2008
- General Instructions for Commanding Officers of Naval Armed Guards on Merchant Ships, 1944 (OpNav 23L-2)
2 April 2008
- "Know Your Enemy!" CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletins:
- The Development of Japanese Sea Power (CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 93-45)
- Japanese Naval Shipbuilding (CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 142-45)
- Japanese Naval Ground Forces (CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 11-45)
- Japanese Operational Aircraft (CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 105-45)
- Japanese Radio Communications and Radio Intelligence (CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 5-45)
15 March 2008
- The United States Marine Corps in the World War
(Note: FIRST World War)6 March 2008
- Operation ECLIPSE: Appreciation and Outline Plan
(Planning for the German Surrender)27 February 2008
- Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes
[Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee (JANAC)]19 February 2008
- The Soviet History of World War II
[CIA Current Intelligence Staff Study: Historiography rather than History]- The Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940
[Department of Military Art and Engineering, U.S. Military Academy]18 February 2008
- The German Campaign in Poland: September 1 to October 5, 1939
[Chief of Staff, US Army: Digests and Lessons of Recent Military Operations]14 February 2008
2 February 2008
- The Axis In Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward Germany and Japan
(Includes section on General Policy, Surrender, and Occupation)26 January 2008
- UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1943-194421 January 2008
- Building the Navy's Bases in World War II; History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946 (Vol. II: The Advance Bases)
31 December 2007
- United States Fleet Anti-Submarine and Escort of Convoy Instructions (Fleet Training Publication 223A, 1945) -- including British-United States Escort of Convoy Instructions (BUSCI)
27 December 2007
- UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER
Stilwell's Command Problems15 December 2007
- UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1941-19424 December 2007
17 November 2007
- US Military Justice in World War II:
- Articles for the Government of the United States Navy, 1930 ["Rocks & Shoals"]
- The Articles of War Approved June 4, 1920
- Military Justice Procedure (War Dept. Technical Manual 27-255)
- A Manual for Courts-Martial, U.S. Army -- 1928 (Corrected to April 20, 1943)
- Court of Inquiry Appointed by the Commandant of the Twelfth Naval District To Investigate the Facts Surrounding the Explosion of 17 July 1944 (Port Chicago N.A.D.)
5 November 2007
- Guide to Foreign Military Studies 1945-54: Catalog & Index (The "German monographs")
Monographs written by German officers following the war. Many were begun while the officers were still Prisoners of War.15 October 2007
- UNITED STATES NAVAL ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II
History of Convoy and Routing (Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Commander, Tenth Fleet)30 September 2007
- UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER
Stilwell's Mission to China13 September 2007
- THE COAST GUARD AT WAR
Vol. XIX--Auxiliary3 September 2007
30 July 2007
- USMC HISTORICAL MONOGRAPH
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific,25 July 2007
- Coral and Brass, by General Holland M. Smith, USMC (Ret.) and Percy Finch
23 July 2007
3 July 2007
2 July 2007
- Miracle Harbor -- British Information Services pamphlet describing the MULLBERRY Harbors for the Normandy invasion.
26 June 2007
20 June 2007
- "Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia"
[The seminal 1921 study by Major Earl H. Ellis, USMC which presaged amphibious operations in the Pacific in World War II]15 June 2007
- HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II: Vol. V
Victory and Occupation5 June 2007
18 May 2007
- Joint Action of the Army and the Navy, 1935
(Including Change Notices, bringing it up to date for WWII)6 May 2007
- UNITED STATES NAVAL ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II
Arming of Merchant Ships and Naval Armed Guard Service23 April 2007
- MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL MONOGRAPH
Marine Aviation In the Philippines
18 April 2007
- U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book
[Incomplete, but showing all ships as of 1944]8 April 2007
- The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner,
George C. Dyer, Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.)25 March 2007
- Biennial Reports of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War
[General Marshal's official reports on the mobilization of the Army and the progress of the war.]9 March 2007
- The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa
[USMC 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY]- Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu
[USMC 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY]- And a Few Good Marines: Marines in the Liberation of the Philippines
[USMC 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY]- From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War
[USMC 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY]28 February 2007
- Japan's Struggle to End the War [United States Strategic Bombing Survey report]
24 February 2007
- The Negro in the Navy
[United States Naval Administration in World War II, vol. 84]20 February 2007
- Office of Production Management: Duties and Functions
- Executive Order 8629 on the Office of Production Management and the Office for Emergency Management.
- Although HyperWar is primarily concerned with the history of the Second World War, we occasionally give way to the impulse to include other material of interest. In the first of a series on the lessons of imperialism, we offer the following on the "joys" of dependence on native troops:
The Indian Mutiny of 1857, by Colonel G.B. Malleson, C.S.I.17 February 2007
- Western Pacific Operations [HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II--VOL. IV]
(FMFPac, Palaus, Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Marine Aviation)12 February 2007
- United States Submarine Losses--World War II (Includes appendices listing German, Italian and Japanese submarine losses)
15 January 2007
- US Army Field Manual FM 27-5: United States Army and Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs
12 January 2007
- Triumph in the Philippines [US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II--WAR IN THE PACIFIC]
11 January 2007
- The War in France and Flanders, 1939-1940 [UK MILITARY SERIES: HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR]
- Action Report: Western Naval Task Force--The Sicilian Campaign
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Northwest Africa Waters, "Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters and the Eighth Fleet," vol. 3.
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