This special text is a narrative history of the operations of the United States Civil Censorship Organization, in Italy, during World War II. It details the procedure by which the military planned for and executed the mission of controlling the...
AAF Historical Office, Headquarters, Army Air Forces; Simpson, Albert F.
This study tells the story of the planning which preceded the invasion of Italy in September 1943, and recounts Allied air operations and organizational developments during the first four months of the Italian campaign. Contents: strategic planning...
Office, U.S. Secretary, Office of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
Hatlem, John C., comp; Hunter, Kenneth E., comp.; Phillips, W. Brooks, ed.; Bacon, Mary Ann, ed.
This volume deals with the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and the Middle East. It is divided into five sections: (1) North Africa and the Middle East; (2) Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia; (3) Italy: 9 September 1943–4 June 1944; (4) Southern...
Descriptive narrative of the war in Italy in 1859 from April to August of that year. The author states "it is a carefully-drawn picture of the Campaign as it presents itself to the mind of the author now, when he has had opportunity to revisit the...
In the years since WWII the subject of deception has received scant attention in the U.S. Army when compared to other subjects relating to warfighting. Consequently our doctrine for deception lags behind other developments, especially at the...
Office, U.S. Secretary, Office of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
This report describes Air Force participation in Operation Shingle, the amphibious assault by elements of the Fifth Army on the Anzio-Nettuno area commencing 22 January 1944. It covers the operations of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces from 1...
As Allied armies advanced in North Africa, Allied leadership established Sicily as the next target. As the invasion unfolded, the Allies pushed Axis forces into northeastern Sicily where a well-organized evacuation moved over 100,000 Axis troops,...
The purpose of the R.A.F. Middle East Review is to present the story of air force activities in the Middle East and various aspects of those activities for their instructional as well as their informative value. This edition includes operations in...
Translated from German into English by Katherine A. Mull. Austrian and German officer's personal account of the assignment from Hitler to rescue Mussolini in the summer of 1943. Includes meeting with Hitler, discovery and reconnaissance of...
Revised operational plan for the Allied Forces Western Naval Task Force to firmly establish the Fifth Army in positions ashore in the Gulf of Salerno and will support its advance to capture Naples and adjacent airfields.
This work is concerned with the Mediterranean Theater of Operations from the point of view of the staff section at Allied Force Headquarters for CA/MG (known as the Civil Affairs Section, Military Government Section, and G-5). It is based with some...
The purpose of this text is to furnish intelligence officers with a detailed picture of the basic composition and disposition of the Italian Army. The first part, comprising sections I to IV, is for general orientation on the structure of the Army...
War Department, Special Staff, Historical Division
This document contains the technical details developed in the various areas and subjects of the Planning Division with respect to logistics training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and functions. It is intended to...