United States Army in World War II

Reader’s Guide

Compiled and edited by Richard D. Adamczyk and Morris J. MacGregor

Center of Military History

United States Army

Washington, D.C., 1992

Table of Contents

Foreword

The War Department

Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations

Washington Command Post: The Operations Division

Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare: 1941–1942

Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare: 1943–1944

Global Logistics and Strategy: 1940–1943

Global Logistics and Strategy: 1943–1945

The Army and Economic Mobilization

The Army and Industrial Manpower

The Army Ground Forces

The Organization of Ground Combat Troops

The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops

The Army Service Forces

The Organization and Role of the Army Service Forces

The Western Hemisphere

The Framework of Hemisphere Defense

Guarding the United States and Its Outposts

The War In The Pacific

Strategy and Command: The First Two Years

The Fall of the Philippines

Guadalcanal: The First Offensive

Victory in Papua

CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul

Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls

Campaign in the Marianas

The Approach to the Philippines

Leyte: The Return to the Philippines

Triumph in the Philippines

Okinawa: The Last Battle

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations

Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West

Sicily and the Surrender of Italy

Salerno to Cassino

Cassino to the Alps

The European Theater of Operations

The Supreme Command

Cross-Channel Attack

Breakout and Pursuit

The Lorraine Campaign

The Siegfried Line Campaign

The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge

Riviera to the Rhine

The Last Offensive

Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume I: May 1941–September 1944

Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume II: September 1944–May 1945

The Middle East Theater

The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia

The China–Burma–India Theater

Stilwell’s Mission to China

Stilwell’s Command Problems

Time Runs Out in CBI

The Technical Services

The Chemical Warfare Service: Organizing for War

The Chemical Warfare Service: From Laboratory to Field

The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat

The Corps of Engineers: Troops and Equipment

The Corps of Engineers: Construction in the United States

The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Japan

The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany

The Medical Department: Hospitalization and Evacuation, Zone of Interior

The Medical Department: Medical Service in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters

The Medical Department: Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations

The Medical Department: Medical Service in the War Against Japan

The Ordnance Department: Planning Munitions for War

The Ordnance Department: Procurement and Supply

The Ordnance Department: On Beachhead and Battlefront

The Quartermaster Corps: Organization, Supply, and Services, Volume I

The Quartermaster Corps: Organization, Supply, and Services, Volume II

The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Japan

The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Germany

The Signal Corps: The Emergency (To December 1941)

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943)

The Signal Corps: The Outcome (Mid-1943 Through 1945)

The Transportation Corps: Responsibilities, Organization, and Operations

The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, and Supply

The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas

Special Studies

Chronology: 1941–1945

Buying Aircraft: Materiel Procurement for the Army Air Forces

Civil Affairs: Soldiers Become Governors

The Employment of Negro Troops

Military Relations Between the United States and Canada: 1939–1945

Rearming the French

Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt

The Women’s Army Corps

Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb

Pictorial Record

The War Against Germany and Italy: Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas

The War Against Germany: Europe and Adjacent Areas

The War Against Japan

World War II Sources

Index