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The Strategic Air War Against Germany And Japan : A Memoir

Contents Foreword v Preface vii Acknowledgments x I. Integrating Strategy, Air Doctrine, and War Plans 1 II. Planning the Strategic Air War for Europe 43 III. Execution and Evaluation 83 IV. Planning the Strategic Air War Against Japan 135 V. Early Operations 175 VI. Other Operations 205 VII. Summing Up 259 Appendix The German Electric Power Complex as a Target System .... 275 Glossary 287 Bibliographic Note 295 Index 297 Photographs Maj. Gen. Haywood S. Hansell, Jr xviii Robert Olds; Donald Wilson; Muir Fairchild; Harold L. George . . 8 Col. John F. Curry; Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell 9 Bomb damage to the ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 42 Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold meets with his war planning staff, ca. fall 1941; Col. Stanley T. Wray, Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, and Brig. Gen. Hansell attend a dedication ceremony at Bassingbourn, England 66 Brig. Gen. Hansell listens to Maj. Gen. FoUett Bradley, Chelveston, England, 1943; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris meets with Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews and Maj, Gen. Ira C. Eaker, March 1943 67 Bomb Loading at an 8th Air Force Base in England — 1943 (Courtesy USAF Art Collection) 84 Bombing results of the Third B

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