Index


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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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