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
Wadsworth, Rep. James, 190n, 191, 218, 222
Wake Island, 105
Walker, Brig. Gen. K. W., 21-22
Wallace, Henry, 256-57
War College. See Army War College.
War Department Concentration Plan, 104
War Department Operation Plan, 104
War Department Personnel Board, 242-43
War Munitions Program, 360
War planning, August 1939, 155-56
War Plans Division, 26, 29, 49, 63, 78, 8o, 82, 99, 100, 103, 105,
109, 110, 113n, 124, 127, 334, 366, 460
advance from principles of passive defense, 87-89
calls for over-all estimate of munitions production
requirements, 335-38
and co-ordination with Britain, 120-21, 380, 384, 386, 387-91
395, 396, 404, 406, 407
and defense of Alaska, 455-58
anti defense of Hawaii, 108, 467, 468, 475, 494, 496, 497n,
508n, 509, 513, 519
and defense of Philippines, 413, 415-25, 431-38, 440-42,
445-51
duties of, 74-75
and establishment of Atlantic basses, 477-79, 485-86, 499
organization of, 70, 72-75, 79
prepares study for reducing the Army with minimum injury,
363-65
and problem of autonomy for the Air Forces, 295, 296-97
and problem of united command in Caribbean area, 462, 463-65
and problem of estimating needs of armed forces, 340-43,
345n, 346-49, 351, 352, 354, 355, 357-58, 363-65, 366
and problem of sharing U. S. arms with other countries, 307,
311-12, 315, 317
anti program for increasing size of the Army, 101, 102, 141,
153, 156-57, 176, 198, 199, 206-07, 220
relationship with other divisions of the General Staff, 74-75
report on problem of arms production, 115-17
Strategic Estimate of October 1941, 357-58
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War policy
controlling decisions on, 9-12
epochal change in method of shaping, 369-70
nonmilitary considerations dominant, 11-12
War Production Board, 203, 512n
Ward, Maj. Gen. Orlando, 71n, 199, 217, 313, 473n
Washington Arms Conference, 35, 92, 98, 466
"Wastefulness;" principle in military planning, 12
Watson, Maj. Gen. Edwin M., 312
Wavell, Gen. Sir Archibald, 47n, 371
Weapons. Sec also Munitions; Research and development.
British integration with American industry, 317-18, 320-21
need for allocations and accurate scheduling, 314-16
reduction of research expenditures, 1936, 42-44
research and development on, 38-41, 50-56
scant appropriations for, 1939, 31-35
Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. A. C., 337, 340-41, 342, 343, 345, 347, 349,
350, 351, 352-53, 406
Weeks, John W., 18, 21, 283
Weible, Capt. Walter, 190n
Welfare and morale agencies in Army, 232-33
Welles, Sumner, 90, 91, 105-06, 117, 118, 121, 123, 309, 310, 374,
447
Wesson, Maj. Gen. Charles M., 205n, 302, 312
Western Defense Command, 496, 497, 505
Wheeler, Brig. Gen. R. A., 328
Williams, Aubsey, 136
Williams, Maj. Gen. J. F., 217
Wilson, Hugh, 132n
Wood, Gen. Leonard, 58, 58n, 59, 61
Woodring, Harry H., 18, 32n, Son, 101, 128, 138, 248, 300, 304,
305n, 310-11, 312, 485
Works Progress Administration, 136, 138, 144
Wright, Quincy, 368n
World War I, 1, 2, 3, 4
changes in General Staff after, 62-64
deterioration of Army after, 23
General Staff organization during, 59-62
surplus weapons, 15, 32, 33, 38, 152
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