USSBS Summary Report (Pacific War)

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Summary Report (Pacific War)

USSBS

In this Summary Report the civilian officials and directors of the USSBS have undertaken to present an analysis of the factual material gathered by the Survey, which was used to prepare the many other detailed reports of the aerial campaign against Japan, and their general appraisal thereof as to the future.

Originally published on 1 July 1946 by the USSBS, Chairman's Office, Washington, D.C.

Foreword
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report
- Japan's Original Strategic Plan
- Execution of the Japanese Plan
- Japanese Overextension
- The United States Plan Before Pearl Harbor
- Turning the Tide
- Factors Determining the Nature of the Succeeding Campaign
- The Advance Across the Pacific
- China-Burma-India
- Elimination of Japanese Conventional Air Power
- Conversion of Japanese Air Forces to Kamikaze Forces
- Destruction of the Japanese Fleet
- Destruction of the Japanese Merchant Fleet
- Destruction or Isolation of Japanese Ground Forces
- The Japanese Economy Prior to Sustained Direct Air Attack
- The Air Attack Against the Japanese Home Islands
- Economic Effects of Air Attack Against the Japanese Home Islands
- The Health and Morale of the Japanese Civilian Population Under Assault
- The Effects of the Atomic Bombs
- Japan's Struggle to End the War
- Conclusion
  - Uniqueness of Pacific War
  - Signposts
  - Hindsight
  - The Impact of Atomic Bombs on the Role of Air Power
  - Recommendations
    - Research and Development
    - Intelligence
    - Integration of Our Military Establishments
    - Strength as a Force for Peace
38 pages
2 multi-color maps

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