Biennial Report of Chief of Staff US Army 1941-43

Formal reports of operations in the Philippines, North Africa, and the Southwest Pacific had not yet been received. This report was based on messages, current reports, and official records of the War Department which, it was then felt, were sufficiently complete to form an accurate picture.

Originally published in 1943 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., as a soft cover book measuring 6 × 9 inches.

• Introduction

• The Third Phase

  • Extension of Service

  • Development of the Army

  • Reinforcements for Overseas Garrisons

  • Time Factor

  • Changing Situation

• The Fourth Phase

  • War is Declared

  • Strategy and Control

  • Global War

  • Struggle in the Philippines

  • Coral Sea—High Tide of Aggression

• The Fifth Phase

  • The Solomons

  • Papua

  • European Theater

    • United States Troops Move to United Kingdom

    • Aerial Assault on Fortress of Europe

  • North African Theater

    • The Landings

    • Diplomatic Negotiations

    • Race for Tunisia

    • Fall of Tunisia

    • Enemy Air Power Shattered

  • Middle East

  • Asiatic Theater

  • Operations in Alaska

• Summary

• Conclusion

  • Organization

  • Logistics

  • Training

  • Air Forces

  • Planning

• Notes

  • Battle Maneuvers Realistic

  • Organization Geared to Requirements

  • American-Australian Cooperation

  • Overseas Units Fully Equipped

  • Reverse Lend-Lease

  • Volume of Shipping Required

  • Close Cooperation by Brazil

  • Alaska Military Highway

  • Unity of Command

  • Japanese Miscalculations

  • Nuclei of Pacific Air Force

  • Airborne Movement of Troops

  • Moves Against Japan Planned

  • Bomber Attacks Effective

  • American-British Conferences

  • Government of Occupied Areas

  • Arms Supplied to French

  • Casablanca Conference

  • Washington Conference

  • Civilians Aid Fighting Units

  • Middle East Construction Curtailed

  • Pacific Operations Planned

  • Aid to Russia

  • Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

  • Officer Programs

  • Construction Program

  • Public Relations

  • Health in the Army

  • Organized Leisure Time Activities

  • Educational System Expanded

  • Training

• Maps

  • Solomon Islands Area

  • New Guinea-Bismarck Area

  • French Northwest Africa

  • Battle of Tunisia, January 12-April 23, 1943

  • Final Breakthrough to Tunis and Bizerte

  • Southeast Asia

• Charts

  • Deployment of American Troops

  • Expansion of the Army, 1941-43

  • Tactical Organization Within the United States

  • Time and Space Chart

  • Comparison of the United States and Enemy Plane Losses in Southwest Pacific and North African Theaters

  • Prisoner-of-War Camps

  • Officer Strength, United States Army

  • Organization of the Army

  • Organization of the Army Service Forces

  • Activation of Army Service Forces Units

  • Organization of the Army Ground Forces

  • Organization of the Army Air Forces

  • Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Centers and Schools

  • Authorized Capacity Officer Candidate Schools

  • Major War Construction—Corps of Engineers

  • United States Army Battle Casualties

  • Replacement Training Centers

  • Building an Infantry Division

  • Training a Combat Group (Heavy Bombardment)

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• 91 pages

• 6 maps

• 19 charts