| Chapter |
Page |
| I. |
THE ARMY HIGH COMMAND BEFORE PEARL HARBOR |
1 |
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Principles of Command |
4 |
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Territorial and Tactical Elements of the Army in 1941 |
8 |
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Origins and Development of the General Staff |
14 |
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The War Department after World War I |
19 |
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General Staff Doctrine and Procedure |
24 |
| II. |
THE WAR PLANS DIVISION |
29 |
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Strategic Planning Agency for the Army |
29 |
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WPD and the GHQ Concept |
31 |
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War Planning: 1921-40 |
34 |
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Staff Authority |
37 |
| III. |
EARLY INTERSERVICE AND INTERNATIONAL STAFF PLANNING |
40 |
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Politico-Military Coordination |
41 |
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Joint Board Machinery |
44 |
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International Military Collaboration |
47 |
| IV. |
DEVELOPMENTS IN 1941 |
50 |
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Organization, Duties, and Strength of WPD |
52 |
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War Planning: 1941 |
55 |
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Expansion of the Functions of GHQ |
61 |
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The Army Air Forces Drive for Autonomy |
67 |
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Early Proposals for Reorganization of the War Department |
70 |
| V. |
TRANSITION INTO WAR |
75 |
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The Failure of Follow-Up |
75 |
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WPD and Actual Operations |
79 |
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Strength, Personnel, and Organization of WPD |
83 |
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The First Wartime International Conference |
87 |
| VI. |
ORGANIZING THE HIGH COMMAND FOR WORLD WAR II |
90 |
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Reorganization of the War Department |
90 |
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The "Streamlined" War Department |
93 |
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National and International Planning |
96 |
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Development of the Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff System |
98 |
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Military Planning and National Policy |
104 |
| VII. |
THE NEW ARMY COMMAND POST |
107 |
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Functions of the Operations Division |
108 |
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Staff Procedure after the Reorganization |
111 |
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OPD's Relations with Other War Department Agencies |
114 |
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Unique Function of OPD |
118 |
| VIII. |
INSIDE OPD |
120 |
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Group Organization and Duties |
123 |
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Records, Procedures, and Personnel |
133 |
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The New Planning Process |
135 |
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The New Theater Orientation |
137 |
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Basic Administrative Practices |
139 |
| IX. |
CASE HISTORY: DRAFTING THE BOLERO PLAN |
143 |
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The Search for a Common Strategy |
143 |
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WPD's Recommendations on Strategy |
147 |
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JCS Decision on Deployment Policy |
152 |
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The BOLERO Plan |
154 |
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British Acceptance of the Marshall Memorandum |
158 |
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Machinery for Executing the BOLERO Plan |
160 |
| X. |
THE TORCH PERIOD |
164 |
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Redefinition of Levels of Planning |
166 |
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Staff Work in the Joint Committee System |
169 |
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Theater Group Organization |
174 |
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Expansion of Logistics Group Activities |
175 |
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Personnel and Personnel Problems |
178 |
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OPD's Role in TORCH |
180 |
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Case History in Confusion |
183 |
| XI. |
TRANSITION TO THE LATER WAR YEARS |
188 |
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Staffing the Command Post (1943-45) |
191 |
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Officer Personnel (1943-45) |
195 |
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The Secretariat |
201 |
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Army Planning and Control of Operations (1943-45) |
202 |
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New Patterns of Staff Work in OPD |
209 |
| XII. |
MIDWAR INTERNATIONAL MILITARY CONFERENCES |
213 |
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Casablanca Conference: 14-23 January 1943 |
215 |
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TRIDENT: 12-25 May 1943 |
219 |
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QUADRANT: 14-24 August 1943 |
222 |
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SEXTANT: 22 November-7 December 1943 |
226 |
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Through OVERLORD |
232 |
| XIII. |
OPD AND JOINT PLANNING (1943-45) |
234 |
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Need for Better Joint Planning |
235 |
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Reorganization of the Joint Staff System |
237 |
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Joint War Plans Committee |
239 |
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Army Versus Joint Advice for the Army Planner |
242 |
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Joint Strategic Preparation for CCS Discussions |
247 |
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Planning with Army Air Forces |
249 |
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Control of Army Air Operations Overseas |
252 |
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Joint Logistic Planning |
257 |
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Creation of the Joint Logistics Committee |
262 |
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OPD and Joint Logistic Planning |
265 |
| XIV. |
CONTROLLING TROOPS AND MATEÉRIEL |
269 |
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The General Staff and the Army Service Forces |
270 |
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Logistics Inside the General Staff |
274 |
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The Issue of Staff Authority |
275 |
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The Issue of Staff Organization in OPD |
278 |
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Logistics and Troop Movements (October 1943-September 1945) |
284 |
| XV. |
LINKS WITH THE OVERSEAS THEATERS |
290 |
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Special Trip for the Chief of Staff, 1943 |
293 |
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Preview of Amphibious Assault |
296 |
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The OVERLORD Period and After |
299 |
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Liaison with Commands in the Pacific and Far East |
303 |
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Strategic Planning Liaison |
306 |
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Attitudes of the Theater Commanders |
309 |
| XVI. |
MILITARY PLANNING AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
312 |
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Liaison with the White House |
312 |
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Liaison with the State Department |
317 |
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Early Politico-Military Committee Work |
320 |
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State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee |
326 |
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Staff Action by OPD |
327 |
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The International Conferences of 1944 and 1945 |
330 |
| XVII. |
CASE HISTORY: PLANNING THE END OF THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN |
333 |
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Initial American Strategy |
334 |
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Planning for a Prolonged Pacific War |
340 |
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Evolution of the Terminal Surrender Formula |
345 |
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The Atomic Bomb |
346 |
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Surrender Documents and Occupation Plans |
350 |
| XVIII. |
AFTER OPD |
352 |
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Postwar Study of Army Organization |
352 |
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Reorganization in 1946 |
358 |
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National Security Act |
361 |
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| Appendix |
| A. |
DIVISION, GROUP, AND SECTION CHIEFS IN OPD, 21 FEBRUARY 1942-2 SEPTEMBER 1945 |
363 |
| B. |
U.S. ARMY COMMANDERS IN MAJOR THEATER COMMANDS, DECEMBER 1941-SEPTEMBER 1945 |
373 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND GUIDE TO FOOTNOTES |
382 |
| GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND CODE NAMES |
390 |
| INDEX |
395 |