Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
ABC. See American-British Conversations.
Academy of Science, 49
Adams, Sen. Alva B., 151
Adler, Julius Ochs, 190
Advisory board on
reclassification of officers, 244
A. E. F. See American
Expeditionary Forces.
Ainsworth, Maj. Gen. Fred C., 58, 58n, 59
Air
Autonomy, movement toward, 278-98
Air board reports, toot, 283,
284, 286-87
Air Corps, 26, 40, 101, 127, 130, 143, 149-50, 164,
200, 416. See also Army Air Forces.
Act of 1926, 283
air training
program, 278-79
Arnold advises against undue haste on expansion
program, 286-87
Assistant Secretary of War for Air, office revived,
287, 290
Chief of, 53, 70, 140, 293, 301
complains of lack of
co-operation by General Staff, 144
controversy over long-range
bomber, 35-36, 4445, 47
creation of Army Air Forces, 293
creation
of GHQ Air Force, 284
effect of Nation's defense-only attitude on,
3536
estimate of needs in mid-1940, 175
expanded program of
October 1938, 134-35
Lovett appointed Assistant Secretary of War
for Air, 290
Marshall's attitude toward in 1939, 280-82
Marshall's
effort to hasten autonomy with directive of March 1941, 291-92
movement toward air autonomy, 278-98
quest for balanced air force,
1938, 134-43
reorganization of March 1942, 297-98
reorganization
proposed by Arnold, 288-90
representation of Air Corps on General
Staff, 273
research and development funds for, 40-41, 45-47
responsibility of Office of Chief of Staff for balancing the
Army's air, ground, and service elements, 281-82
separation from Signal Corps, 282-83
study of General Staff
influence on, 51
unable to use many draftees, 200
Air defense, 43, 44, 53, 54. See also Antiaircraft defense.
Congress concerned over, 150-51
of Hawaii, 473, 475, 476
of Panama, 459, 465
of Philippines, 417, 418, 423-24, 425, 440, 44344, 448
Air force. See Air Corps; Army Air Forces.
Air Force Combat Command, 293-94
"Air Service," 283
Air training program, 278-79. See also Pilot
training.
Aircraft production, 127, 127n, 129-30, tat-35, 136. 137-39, 139n,
139-40, 142-43, 149-50, 175, 179, 299-303, 304-9. 317, 367, 368
Aircraft warning service, 459, 463, 465, 468, 471, 473, 474, 505,
515
Air-ground co-operation, weakness revealed in 1940 maneuvers, 205
Alaska, 165, 453
Army-Navy controversy over air patrols, 458
Congress approves Anchorage project, 455
creation of special Alaska
Command, 456
defense situation in, 454-58
threat of attack by Soviet Union. 456
Aleutian Islands, 453
Allen, Maj. Geri. Lcvcn C., 406
American-British Conversations, 104, 125, 327,
367-82, 384-85, 387, 391, 393, 394-95, 398, 405, 407, 408, 476
American interpretations of agreements, 380-82
events leading up to, 93, 105, 113-15, 119-25
JPC memorandum on, 370-73
list of conference delegates, 370, 37on
American-Dutch-British Conference, 328, 393, 395, 397, 398-99,
400-01, 409-10, 439
American Expeditionary Forces (World War I), and organization of
General Staff, 59-62
American Military Mission to Chungking, 328
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American Special Observers, 384-86, 409
American Volunteer Group in China, 504, 518
Anchorage, Alaska, 455
Anderson, Maj. Gen. Jonathan W., 88, 100, 120, 157, 176, 315, 388,
390, 395
Andrews, Gen. Frank M., 77, 250, 280, 286, 462-63, 465, 505
Anglo-American Consolidated Statement, 352
Anglo-American military co-ordination, proposal for, 119-23
Anglo-American Standardization of Arms Committee, 114
Anglo-French Co-ordinating Committee, 337n
Anglo-French mission, 309
Anglo-Japanese treaty, 466
Antiaircraft defense, 44, 129, 137, 150-51, 167, 315, 317, 317n.
See also Air defense.
Anti-Comintern agreement, 115-16
Antigua, 478, 484, 485
Antitank weapons, lack of, 42-43
Argentina, 111, 130
Armored Force, organization of, 148
Army Air Force,, 4, 8, 29, 82, 127, 131n, 135-36, 188, 238. See
also Air Corps; Aircraft production.
Army-Navy disagreement over
defense of Philippines, 450-52
Arnold's role in battle for
autonomy, 286-89
Chief of the Air Forces becomes co-ordinate member
of Combined Chiefs of Staff, 280-81
consolidation of air elements,
292-95
creation of, 293
defense of Hawaii, 473, 475, 476
defense of
Philippines, 416, 418
foreign orders encroach on production of
planes for, 299-302, 304-09
inevitability of expansion, 279-80
Marshall's role in battle for air autonomy, 29192
movement toward
air autonomy, 278-98
objection to separate air force before World
War II, 279-80
origins and early development, 282-85
plan of
November 1941, 296-97
plane strength, 7 December 1941, in Hawaii,
474-75
plane strength, 7 December 1941, in Philippines, 448
problem of command powers of GHQ, 295-96
problem of politics and
public relations, 294-95
recommendations of Lassiter Board, 283-84
reorganization of 9 March 1942, 297-98
Roosevelt seeks expansion
of, 126, 127, 132-33, 132n, 135-39, 139n
unsuccessful compromise in
October 1940, 289-91
Army-Navy joint exercises of 1940, 51
Army-Navy Munitions Board, 35, 35n, 79, 315,
317, 367
Army Signal Corps, 283
Army Strategical Plan under Rainbow 5, 476-77
Army strength, 24-25, 25n, 154, 155n, 156-60,
170-78
Army War College, 47, 59, 71, 81n, 94, 187, 269n,
272-73
Arnold, Gen. Henry H., 133, 136, 140, 166, 168, 175, 239, 240,
278n, 289-90, 296, 302, 307, 322, 381, 403, 404, 408, 450, 506
advises against haste in quest for air autonomy, 286-87
appointed
an Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, 289
becomes member of Combined
Chiefs of Staff, 281
confers with Brett and Marshall on increased
air force autonomy, 291-92
confers with Roosevelt, 281
harmonious
relations with Marshall, 289-90
influenced by Marshall, 78
opposes sale of surplus planes, 308-09
Aruba, 491-92
Atlantic bases, 383-84, 477-79, 492-93. See also
Destroyers-for-bases transaction.
Atlantic Conference, 281, 338, 347, 354, 399,
400-06, 409, 411
Atlantic war, first actions in, 382-84
Atomic bomb, 32
Augusta, 401, 404, 405
Aurand, Lt. Gen. Henry S., 176-77, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 331,
337, 337n, 346, 360
Australia, 378, 400
Azores, 116, 117, 333, 362, 387, 389, 404, 471,
487
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