Index of Subjects

(Index of persons follows this index)

• Acrobat. See Libya: Military situation in.
• Aegean Sea area (see also Eastern Mediterranean area), plans for military operations in, 750–751, 768–769, 771–772
• Agreements. See Treaties and other international acts.
• Air bases, construction of: India, 555; North Africa, 783, 804, 806; Soviet Union, 508, 551; Turkey, 768, 772–773
• Air bases, Soviet, possible Allied use against Japan, 66, 508, 551
• Air communications in Pacific, 76
• Air operations against Germany. See under Germany, Allied efforts against.
• Air operations against Japan. See under Japan, Allied efforts against.
• Air supply operations: China, 463–464, 467–468, 480, 554, 597, 632, 719, 793; Southwest Pacific theater, 776
• Aircraft: Deployment to Southwest Pacific, 91–92, 93–94, 95, 102, 105, 159,186–187,191; plants, decentralization of, 73, 79
• Aircraft, allocation of: Alaska, 127; Anglo-American cooperation in, 161; China-India, 718–719; Iceland, 546; Middle East, 183, 184, 477; North Africa, 114, 159, 544–545; Pacific-Burma, 757, 759; Soviet Union, 507–508, 550–551; United Kingdom, 87–88, 159, 469–472, 544–545
• Aircraft carriers, status of Allied, 459, 466
• Aircraft, military, conversion to transport use, 452, 472–473
• Albania (see also Balkan countries), plans for military assistance to resistance forces in, 751, 770–771
• Alaska, 211, 214, 217; aircraft, deployment of, 127; Conference site proposed, 495; security of, 738
• Aleutian Islands: Projected operations in, 603, 757–759, 797; military situation in, 450; shipping deficiencies, 509–510
• Algiers as proposed Conference site, 495–496, 499
• American Republics, meeting of Foreign Ministers at Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 15–28, 1942, 122, 123, 387, 409, 412
• Amphibious operations, tactics and training involved in, 676, 690
• Anakim. See Burma: Projected operations in.
• Andes, 229
• Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, 415
• Anson, H.M.S., 29, 73
• Anti-submarine warfare, 473, 481–483, 541–546, 561, 564–567, 587, 628, 631, 633, 656–657, 667–671, 675, 711, 737, 792
• Aquitania, 167, 170, 187, 192, 201
• Arcadia, See Washington Conference, First.
• Arkansas, U.S.S., 400
• Aruba and Curacao, protection of, 86, 258, 307
• Assault craft. See Landing craft allocation.
• Atlantic Charter, 1941, cited, 12, 39, 365, 367–371, 375, 377
• Atlantic theater: Allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; proposed operations in, priorities for, 88–89, 96–97, 113, 137, 237–238, 246–247; sea communications in, maintenance of, 67, 431; U.S. basic strategic concept for, 736
• Atomic energy research, U.S.–British cooperation in, 63, 428, 432, 803
• Australia (see also Southwest Pacific theater): Air bases in, establishment of, 302; aircraft gasoline, shortage of, 92; aircraft reinforcements to, 301, 302, 323; lines of communication to, protection of, 547–548, 603–604, 738; military forces in, disposition of, 269–271; military operations from, 423, 451
• Australian Mandates, resistance in, 451
• Axis commercial air route, plans for, 452
• Azores Islands, plans for protection of, 66, 70, 75, 84,154, 260, 262
• Balkan countries: Air operations against, plans for, 737, 769, 771, 773; Axis forces and communications in, 538–539; importance of exports to Germany, 751, 769; military assistance to resistance forces in, 749, 751; plans for possible invasion of, 740, 745, 747, 751, 764, 769–771, 804, 806; secret radio station in, 648
• Belgium, plans for possible landings in, 455, 478
• Berlin: Air attacks on, 624–625, 643, 670n , 671, 782; Allied plans for occupation of, 506
• Black Sea area: Axis communications in, proposed operations against, 749, 751, 769; possible Allied passage into, 492, 540; proposed Soviet responsibility in, 750
• Bolero. See Continental Western Europe under Germany, Allied efforts against, and United Kingdom: Build-up of forces in.
• Bomber offensive in Europe (See also Germany, Allied efforts against, and Berlin, air attacks on), 24, 34, 45, 66, 69, 74, 78, 83, 220, 258, 261, 540, 562, 570, 628, 669–672, 737, 739–740, 743–748, 761, 774, 777–778, 781–784, 804–807
• Bradley Mission to Soviet Union, 508, 551
• Brazil: German influence in, 86; political and strategic situation in, 78, 86, 122, 160, 162, 168, 200, 261
• Brimstone. See Sardinia, plans for invasion of.
• British-French-Turkish treaty of mutual assistance, 1939, 651
• Bulgaria (see also Balkan countries): Internal dissension in, 748; military operations against, plans for, 770; relations with Turkey, 634; territorial questions with Turkey, 651, 765
• Burma (see also Far East theater): Aircraft allocation to, 757, 759; British naval forces for operations in, 757, 759; inclusion in Southwest Pacific theater, 143, 152–153, 154–155; landing craft allocation, 540, 601–602, 614–617, 621–622, 628, 631, 760, 798; projected operations in, 8, 74, 80, 126, 425, 452, 463—464, 508–509, 514–518, 540–541, 545, 550, 554–555, 561–562, 590–591, 595, 600–603, 613–617, 610–622, 628–630, 673, 718, 736, 738–740, 743, 746, 757–761, 775, 784, 797–798, 801, 805, 807; troop allocation to, 757, 759
• Burma Road. See Burma: Projected operations in.
• Bulolo, H.M.S., 501
• Cables and Wireless, Limited, 408–412 passim
• Canada, 11, 13, 106, 107, 111, 125, 131, 329, 331, 335, 336, 339, 377–404 passim, 453
• Canary Islands, projected operations in, 26, 84, 88–89, 154, 259–260, 262
• Cannibal. See Burma, military operations in, plans for.
• Canton Island. See Island bases under Japan, Allied efforts against.
• Cape Verde Islands, projected operations in, 26, 66, 70, 75, 84, 89, 260, 261
• Caroline Islands, projected operations in, 622, 757, 759, 761, 775
• Casablanca Conference, Jan. 14–24, 1943, 485–850
  • Agenda, 638, 641, 665, 752–754, 762–763, 831–832
  • Aircraft allocation, 544–546, 550–551, 633, 719
  • Aleutian Islands, military operations in, 603
  • Amphibious operations, tactics and training involved in, 676, 690
  • Anti-submarine warfare, 541–546, 561, 564–567, 587, 628, 631, 633, 656–657, 667–671, 675, 711
  • Arrangements for, 488–520, 833–834, 836
  • Atlantic theater, discussions concerning allocation of war resources to, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622
  • Australia, protection of line of communication to, 547–548, 603–604
  • Balkan countries: Axis forces and communications in, 538–539; secret radio stations in, 648
  • Berlin, air raids on, 624–625, 643, 670n , 671
  • Black Sea area, possible Allied passage into, 540
  • Bomber offensive in Europe, 540, 562, 570, 628, 669–672
  • Bradley air mission to Soviet Union, 508, 551
  • Bulgaria: Relations with Turkey, 634; Turkish territorial annexation, possibility of, 651, 765
  • Burma: Landing craft allocation, 540, 601–602, 614–617, 621–622, 628, 631; plans for military operations in, 540–541, 545, 550, 554–555, 561–562, 590–591, 595, 600–603, 613–617, 619–622, 628–630, 673, 718
  • Caroline Islands, projected operations in, 622
  • Channel Islands, projected operations in, 698, 717
  • China: Air operations from, 554, 597, 603, 630, 632, 718; air supply operations to, 554, 597, 632, 719; military assistance to, 554, 561, 590, 597, 603, 630, 632, 718–719, 727; military manpower, estimate of, 590; morale of population, 597, 630; munitions production, 590; proposed Chinese participation in Burmese operations, 555, 561, 591, 600, 602, 613, 628–630; withdrawal from war, possibility of, 554, 600
  • Code names, 501–505
  • Combined Chiefs of Staff: See main entry Combined Chiefs of Staff
  • Combined Munitions Assignment Board, 453, 480, 650, 659–660
  • Combined operations, proposed system of command for, 691–692
  • Communiqué and drafts, 687–688, 729, 840, 842–849
  • Continental Western Europe, landings in: Air support for, 538, 583, 585–586, 676; command arrangements for, 678, 688–689; German defenses against, estimate of, 538–539; plans for, 538–540, 550–560, 570–571, 581–588, 591–592, 595, 597, 618–621, 629, 631, 671, 673–679, 688–689, 698–700, 717; Supreme Allied Commander of, selection and authority of, 629, 634, 674–675, 688–689, 717–718
  • Coral Sea, battle of, 548
  • Corsica, projected operations in, 571, 585, 653, 683
  • Crete, projected operations in, 570, 584, 598, 628
  • Curaçao. See Aruba and Curacao.
  • Dakar, French West Africa, strategic responsibility and command setup for, 638–640
  • Dardanelles, Straits of: Soviet interest in, 643; Turkish rights in, 634
  • Daylight bombing, merits of, 544, 648, 660–667
  • Denmark, projected operations in, 678
  • Dieppe raid, 690
  • Dodecanese Islands: Military operations against, proposed, 570–571, 584, 598, 628–629, 651; Turkish control of, proposed, 651
  • El Alamein, battle of, 574–575, 578
  • Escort vessels, deficiency in, 540, 543, 564–566, 592, 623, 669, 709
  • European theater, allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; strategy in, discussions concerning, 559–560, 570–573, 581–592, 595–597, 603, 617–622, 628–631, 674, 683, 688
  • Finland, German air operations from, 605
  • France: Committee for the Liberation of France, proposed, 610–611, 644–645; projected operations in, 538–540, 559–560, 570–571, 581–588, 591–592, 597, 619–621, 629, 631, 673–678, 688–689, 698–700, 715, 717, 786–788, 796; propaganda campaign, proposed, 646; sovereignty of, discussions concerning, 610, 642, 647, 695–696
  • French African possessions, civil administration of, 611
  • French Imperial Council, 611
  • French Morocco: French administration of, 702; independence aspirations, 693; postwar status of, 693, 702–703, sovereignty of, 695
  • French National Committee, 694
  • French Somaliland, British operations in, 620
  • French War Committee, proposal for, 700–701
  • Germany: Agents in North Africa, 558; air force capability, estimate of, 544, 572; aircraft, deficiency in, 544, 572, 586; Allied shipping, German attacks on, 541–544, 564–567, 623–624, 633, 667–669, 675, 708–711; defeat, time estimate of, 591–592; Italian collapse, effect of, 538, 571, 584, 586, 631, 684–685; lines of communication of, 570, 582; manpower deficiency, 538; military situation, assessment of, 537–546; morale estimate of, 537, 544, 586–587, 595; naval forces, operations against, 541–542, 709; oil situation, 538, 582, 586–587, 648–649; postwar occupation of, discussions concerning, 611–612; projected operations against, 538–540, 544, 545, 559–560, 567–578, 580–592, 595–599, 617–621, 625–626, 628–631, 634, 637, 648–649, 651, 660–662, 663–665, 670–672, 673–679, 681–686, 688–692, 698–700, 710–715, 717, 720; Soviet Union, military situation in, assessment of, 537–538; traffic with Japan, operations against, 542; U-boat strength and production, 543, 563; U-boat menace, 537, 543–545, 710–711
  • Gilbert Islands, projected operations in, 622
  • Greece, projected operations in, 584, 628
  • Greenland, air operations from, 545–546
  • Hawaii, lines of communication to, security of, 547
  • Hungary: Oil production, 549; troop losses in Soviet Union, 538
  • Iceland, defense of, views on, 546, 604
  • India: Air bases, construction of, proposed, 555; air operations from, plans for, 630, 632, 718; landing craft allocation, 588, 689; military manpower, estimate of, 590; munitions, production of, 590; troop strength in, 541
  • Indian Ocean area, British naval operations in, 542–543
  • Italy: Air operations against, 544–545, 585, 596, 683–684, 714, 716; aircraft production, 544; collapse of, effect on Germany, 538, 571, [Page 856] 584, 586, 631, 684–685; elimination from war, possibility of, 540, 571, 685; military operations against, plans for, 584–585; morale in, estimate of, 713–714; occupation of, 597; possible invasion of, plans for, 714; troop losses in Soviet Union, 538
  • Japan: Air operations against, plans for, 553, 555, 561, 597, 603, 630, 687, 718; aircraft production, 544; armed forces, estimate of, 550, 553; industries, vulnerability to attack, 553; military operations against, 540–541, 545, 548–550, 553–556, 561–562, 590–591, 594–595, 600–604, 613–617, 619–622, 628–630, 668, 673, 718; military situation with, 536–537, 545, 547–548, 555; naval operations against, 555; shipping, operations against, 603, 718; traffic with Germany, operations against, 542; submarine capability, estimate of, 556, 566
  • Kurile Islands, projected operations in, 549
  • Landing craft: Production of, 583, 602, 614, 622, 682, 689–691, 699–700, 717; significance of, 540, 570, 587, 595, 614–615, 632, 689–690
  • Landing craft allocation:
    • Far East theater, 540, 588, 601–602, 614–617, 621–622, 628, 631, 689
    • Mediterranean theater, 541, 582, 588–589, 601, 616, 623, 631, 681–682, 685, 689–691, 699, 713–714, 717, 720
    • North Africa, 589
    • Pacific theater, 613, 615, 617, 621, 631, 690
    • United Kingdom (for Bolero), 540, 588–590, 628, 631, 689–691, 699–700, 717
  • Madagascar, British operations in, 620
  • Majorca, projected operations in, 625
  • Malta: Air operations from, 572, 574, 577, 661; bombing of, 588, 605
  • Marianas Islands, projected operations in, 548–549, 556
  • Marshall Islands, projected operations in, 548–549, 620–622, 628
  • Martinique, French naval forces in, 599–600
  • Mediterranean theater: Air operations in, plans for, 571–572, 584–585, 588, 596, 631, 661, 683–684; allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; Axis communications in, 539; command arrangements in, 660–661, 685–686, 715; military operations in, plans for, 540, 545, 559–560, 570–573, 581–582, 595–598, 617–620, 622, 628, 630–631, 682–685; naval situation in, 543, 625–626
  • Middle East theater: Air operations in, 572–574; U.S. forces to, possibility of, 593
  • Midway Island: Battle of, 548, 555; protection of lines of communication to, 547
  • Netherlands, plans for possible landings in, 678
  • Netherlands East Indies, military situation in, 536, 548–549
  • New Guinea, military operations in, 548, 553
  • New Zealand, protection of lines of communication to, 547
  • North Africa: Air operations in, 574, 577–578, 660; Allied occupation forces required in, 576–577; Allied troop strength in, 574; Axis agents in, 558; Axis troop strength in, 568, 575, 578; civilian economic affairs, 569, 599, 639, 702–703, 730–731; command arrangements in, 634–635, 660–662, 715; franc-dollar-pound rate of exchange, 642, 645; French air force in, formation and training of, 638–639, 652; French army in, formation and deployment of, 568, 574, 593–594, 610, 636–637, 652; French naval forces in, deployment of, 638, 653–654; French political and military leadership in, discussions concerning, 642, 700–701, 705–707; German residents in, attitude of, 606; invasion of, French resistance to, 730; Jewish populace in, treatment of, 608, 611, 702; landing craft allocation, 589; military operations in, résumé of and plans for, 537–539, 567–569, 573–578, 580–581, 599; political prisoners in, liberation of, 645; political situation in, discussions concerning, 636, 695–696; rearming of French forces in, 607, 636, 638–640, 642, 645–646, 652–653; ship repairs in, 607; U.S.-French cooperation in, 606–607, 730
  • Northern Ireland, troop training sites in, 675–676
  • Norway: German air operations from, 604–605; plans for possible allied landings in, 587, 605, 715
  • Pacific theater: Allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; landing craft allocation, 613, 615, 617, 621, 631, 690; projected operations in, 548–550, 553, 556, 594, 600, 603, 628, 687; military situation in, discussions concerning, 547–550, 553–556, 603–604, [Page 857] 613, 617–622, 632; military supplies to, 603, 620; shipping losses in, 555–556; troop strength in, 550, 622
  • Philippine Islands, projected operations in 536, 548–549, 556
  • Poland, composition and potentialities of armed forces of, 624
  • Presidential troop visits, 505, 526, 529–530, 558–559
  • President’s log, 521–535
  • Press conference, 534, 726–731, 832, 833n , 835, 842
  • Press statements and drafts of, 631–632, 634–640, 731, 841
  • Rabaul, plans for military operations against, 548, 615, 620–621, 628, 668
  • Roosevelt, travel to and from Casablanca, 499, 505–506, 521, 535n
  • Rumania: Air operations against, plans for, 540, 571, 628, 643, 648–649, 651; oil exports to Germany, importance of, 648–649; troop losses in Soviet Union, 538
  • Sardinia, plans for invasion of, 559, 570–572, 582, 584–585, 587, 596, 598, 628, 653, 681–685, 714
  • Scotland, troop training sites in, 589, 675–676
  • Security measures, 522, 558–559
  • Selection of site, 500–502
  • Shipping: Deficiencies in, 537, 549, 602; German attacks on, 541–543, 623–624, 632, 710; Japanese attacks on, 555–556, 566; losses to enemy, 540, 543, 555–556, 569, 573, 623–624, 631–632, 656–658, 710–711; passage into Mediterranean, 539, 572–573, 577, 585, 602, 625–626, 631, 683; Soviet Union, convoys to, 541–542, 552, 592–593, 598–599, 604, 623–624, 632–633, 656–658, 708–711
  • Shipping allocation: Far East, 555; Mediterranean theater, 572–573; Pacific theater, 620–622; Soviet Union supply lines, 593, 597, 623–624, 656–657, 708–710
  • Sicily: Enemy troop strength in, 572, 596; military operations against, plans for, 559, 570–572, 582–585, 587–590, 592, 595–598, 623, 626, 628–631, 637, 653, 661–665, 668–669, 681–686, 690, 698, 710–715, 720
  • Solomon Islands, projected operations in, 536, 545, 548–549, 553
  • Southern France, possible landings in, 715
  • Soviet Union: Air bases, possible allied use against Japan, 551; Air capability, estimate of, 552; air ferry to, 550–551; aircraft allocation, 550–551; convoys to, attacks on, 541–542, 592–593, 598–599, 604–605, 623–624, 632–633, 656–658, 708–711; cooperation with Allies, 550–552, 593, 599; Dardanelles, Soviet interest in, 643; Germany, military situation with, assessment of, 537–538; military assistance to Soviet Union, 540, 550–552, 559, 581, 587, 590, 592–593, 596, 598, 618, 623–624, 632–633, 656–658, 676, 708–711, 727; military manpower, estimate of, 590; munition production, 590; naval capability, estimate of, 552; possible entry into Pacific war, 549, 551, 624, 687; resume of Conference to, 635, 672; second front, Soviet concern over, 583–584, 587; Soviet military characteristics, assessment of, 552; Soviet protection of convoys, 552, 598–599, 604–605; war resources, estimate of, 538
  • Spain: Agreement with French North Africa, proposed, 610; occupation by enemy, potential, 571–572, 625–626; possible operations involving, 625–626; relationships with belligerents, 539
  • Spanish Morocco, projected operations in, 571, 625, 682, 714
  • Supreme Allied Commander, staffs for, 494, 496–497, 499, 503
  • Sweden, possible assistance to, 587
  • Syria, Turkish interest in territory of, 651
  • Thailand, projected operations in, 541, 614
  • Tobruk, surrender of, 537
  • Truk, projected operations in, 548–549, 556, 621–622, 628
  • Tunisian-Libyan campaign: Command arrangements in, 634–635, 660–662, 715; military operations in, 562, 574–578, 580–581, 599, 712; naval situation in, 543, 626; U.S. munitions to, 537–538
  • Turkey: Air operations from, plans for, 540, 571, 577, 582, 628, 643; armed forces capability, estimate of, 577; British-French-Turkish treaty of mutual assistance, 1930, 651; British responsibility for dealing with, 634, 650, 659–660; Bosphorus, Turkish interest in, 651; Bulgaria, relations with, 634; Dardanelles, control of, 634; Dodecanese, possible Turkish control of, 651; Inönü, meeting with, proposed, 643; military aid to, proposed, 540, 560, 577, 582, 596, 634, 649–651, 659–660; military operations in, plans for, 540, 560–561, 571, 577, 582, 628, 643; munitions to Soviet Union through, 598, 650–651; possible entry into war, plans for, 539–540, 559–560, [Page 858] 571, 577, 584, 598, 618, 628, 634, 643, 649, 651; possible interest in Bulgarian territory, 651; Syria, possible Turkish interest in territory of, 651
  • Unconditional surrender policy, 635, 704, 727
  • United Kingdom: Air operations from 545, 562, 628, 632, 669–672; build-up of forces in ( Bolero), 545, 559–560, 628–629, 631, 673–679, 697–698, 716–717; landing craft allocation, 540, 588–590, 628, 631, 689–691, 699–700, 717; military manpower, estimate of, 590, 716; troop strength in, 540, 570, 588, 595, 631, 697; troop training facilities in, 588–589, 673–676; U.S. troop lift to, 570, 656–657, 673–677, 697–698, 716
  • United States: Armed forces capability, estimate of, 552, 730; Chiefs of Staff, departure from Conference, itinerary of, 507; military manpower, estimate of, 590; munition production, 590; replacements for Chiefs of Staff during Conference, 507; troop lift to United Kingdom, 570, 656–657, 673–677, 697–698, 716; U.S. air forces in United Kingdom, British direction of, 562, 632, 671–672
  • War production: Aircraft, 544, 591; anti-submarine vessels, 602, 623, 668–669, 709, 711; landing craft, 583, 602, 614, 622, 682, 689–691, 699–700, 717; merchant vessels, 602; munitions, 590
• Ceylon, concern for, 450
• Channel Islands, projected operations in, 428, 467, 469, 474, 698, 717, 780–790, 796
• Chiefs of Staff, U.S. and British, prior to formation of Combined Chiefs of Staff (see also names of individual members in Index of Persons), documents considered by, at First Washington Conference:
  • ABC–1, U.S.-British Staff Conversations, March 1941, 16, 88, 248, 294
  • ABC–4/CS–1, WW–1 (Final), American-British Grand Strategy, 89, 114–115, 137, 145, 214; see also WW–1 (US Revised), infra
  • ABC–4/CS–3, WW–9, Procedure for Assumption of Command by General Wavell, and same (Revised), 173, 317
  • ABC–4/CS–4, WW–16, Post- Arcadia Collaboration, 202, 232; see also WW–8, infra
  • ABC–4/CS USA, Proposed Draft of Instructions to the Supreme Commander, Southwestern Pacific Theater, 110, 115, 273
  • ABC–4/1, WW (JPC) 1, Priorities for U.S.–U.K. Overseas Expeditions in the Atlantic Ocean, 91, 94, 96, 113, 137, 237, 246
  • ABC–4/2, WW (JPC) 2, Project Gymnast, 91, 94, 198, 100, 113, 143, 145, 200, 202, 238, 240, 246
  • ABC–4/2, WW (JPC) 2A, Operation Super-Gymnast, 200, 202, 262
  • ABC–4/2A, WW–17, same, 202, 262
  • ABC–4/3, WW (JPC) 3, Supporting Measures for the Southwest Pacific, 94, 137, 143, 145, 280
  • ABC–4/3, WW–4, Supporting Measures for the Southwest Pacific Until Establishment of United Command, 146, 296, 302
  • ABC–4/4 (Final), WW (JPC) 4, Proposed Tasks for the Joint Planning Committee, 148, 247
  • ABC–4/5, WW (JPC) 5, Draft Directive to Supreme Commander in ABDA Area, 139, 143, 147, 289, 292
  • ABC–4/5, WW–3, same, 147, 289, 300, 308, 316
  • ABC–4/5, WW–3 (Final), same, 147, 148, 152, 287, 297, 307, 311, 313
  • ABC–4/5, WW–6, same, 234
  • ABC–4/5 (Approved), WW–6, same, 152, 173, 234, 297, 313
  • ABC–4/6, WW (JPC) 6, Movements and Projects in the Atlantic Theater—for First Half of 1942, 200, 258
  • ABC–4/6, WW–14, same, 200, 258
  • ABC–4/7, WW (JPC) 7, Establishment of U.S. Forces in North Ireland, 177, 178, 256
  • ABC–4/7 (Approved), WW–12, same, 177, 256
  • ABC–4/8, WW (JPC) 8, Defense of Island Bases between Hawaii and Australia, 178–180, 185, 325
  • ABC–4/8 (Approved), WW-13, same, 178–180, 185, 325
  • ABC–4/9, WW (JPC) 9, Immediate Assistance to China, 174, 319
  • ABC–4/9, WW–10, same, 174, 319
  • WW–1, Grand Strategy, and same (US Revised), 89, 114, 115, 137, 210; see also ABC–4/CS–1, WW–1 (Final), supra
  • WW–8, Post- Arcadia Collaboration, 174, 197, 199, 200, 217, 230; see also ABC–4/CS–4, WW–16, supra
• China:
  • Air bases in, establishment of, 35, 66, 70, 75–76, 87, 127
  • Air operations from, plans for, 515, 554, 597, 603, 630, 632, 718, 757, 797, 801
  • Air supply operations to, 452, 463–464, 467–468, 472–473, 480, 554, 597, 632, 719, 797
  • Burmese military operations, Chinese participation in, 514–518, 555, 561, 591, 600, 602, 613, 628–630
  • Command arrangements in, 134–135, 140, 143, 283–285, 303–304
  • Conference at Chungking, December 1941, 271–273
  • Financial assistance to, 196
  • Japan. See main entry Japan, Allied efforts against.
  • Lend-Lease material destined for, question of British transfer of, 272, 300–301
  • Military assistance to, 174, 319–321, 450, 464, 467, 480, 554, 561, 590, 597, 603, 630, 632, 718–719, 727, 736, 738, 797, 801–802, 805, 807–808, 834, 837
  • Military situation in, 62, 463–465, 480, 590
  • Morale, civilian, 597, 630
  • Political-strategic mission to, 127, 128–129, 149
  • Request to participate at Casablanca Conference, 438, 463
  • Tulsa affair, 272, 300–301
  • Withdrawal from war, possibility of, 463, 554, 600, 742
• Christmas Island. See Island bases under Japan, Allied efforts against.
• Chungking Conference, December 1941, summary, 271–273
• Combined Chiefs of Staff (see also Chiefs of Staff, U.S. and British; and names of individual members in Index of Persons):
  • Documents considered by, at Casablanca Conference:
    • CCS 91, Strategic Policy and Deployment of U.S. and British Forces, 735n
    • CCS 94, Operations in 1942/1943, 735n
    • CCS 135, Basic Strategic Concept for 1943, 735
    • CCS 135/1, same, 735n , 738
    • CCS 135/2, American-British Strategy in 1943, 735n , 741, 764
    • CCS 140, Agenda for Symbol, 638, 735n , 752
    • CCS 153, Situation to be Created in Eastern Theater (Pacific and Burma), 556n , 604n , 595n , 617–622, 755
    • CCS 153/1, same, 595n , 617, 679, 757
    • CCS 154, Operations in Burma, 614, 616, 622n , 760
    • CCS 155, Conduct of the War in 1943, 628n , 637, 638n , 752, 760, 762, 763, 774n
    • CCS 155/1, same, 638, 760, 774, 785, 797
    • CCS 156, Suggested Procedure for Dealing with the Agenda of the Conference, 762
    • CCS 157, Allied Plans Relating to Turkey, 649, 764
    • CCS 158, Axis Oil Position, 627, 648–649, 798
    • CCS 159, Bomber Offensive From North Africa, 660, 777n , 778, 791
    • CCS 159/1, same, 660n , 770
    • CCS 160, The U-Boat War, 667–669, 687, 792
    • CCS 161, Husky, 592n , 663
    • CCS 161/1, same, 592n , 681, 793, 799
    • CCS 162, U.S. Aid to Russia, 656, 657n , 778n
    • CCS 162/1, same, 656n , 657n , 778, 792n
    • CCS 163, Command in the Mediterranean, 660, 794
    • CCS 164, Anakim, 673, 789, 798
    • CCS 165, Draft Telegram to M. Stalin, 635n , 672, 782n , 783n , 784n
    • CCS 165/1, same, 680, 782n , 783n , 784n
    • CCS 165/2, Draft Telegram from the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain to Premier Stalin, 711n , 781, 782, 803n
    • CCS 166, Bomber Offensive from the United Kingdom, 669, 670. 781n
    • CCS 166/1/D, same, 672, 781
    • CCS 167, Continental Operations in 1943, 688, 698, 785, 796
    • CCS 168, Conduct of the War in the Pacific Theater in 1943, 687, 796
    • CCS 169, Organization of Command, Control, Planning and Training for Cross-Channel Operations, 679n , 688, 789, 796
    • CCS 170, Report to the President and Prime Minister, 679n , 699, 791n
    • CCS 170/1, same, 699n , 708, 720, 791n , 794n , 795n , 796n , 797n
    • CCS 170/2, Final report of Combined Chiefs of Staff to President and Prime Minister, 667, 679n , 690n , 708n , 718n , 791n , 793n , 794n , 795n , 789, 796n
    • CCS 171, Operation Husky—Directive to General Eisenhower, 699, 791, 799n
    • CCS 171/1/D, Operation Husky, 686n , 699n , 715n , 720, 799n
    • CCS 172, Shipping Capabilities for Bolero, 697–698, 795n
  • Documents considered by, at Second Washington Conference:
    • CCS 75/3, System of Command, 691, 692, 733
    • CCS 83, Offensive Operations in 1948, 431n , 465
    • CCS 83/1, same, 434n , 477
    • CCS 84, U.S. Reinforcements for Middle East, 446n
  • Establishment of, 181, 197–199, 202–207, 210–234
• Combined Munitions Assignment Board 453, 471, 480, 650, 659–660; establishment of, 202–203, 204–207, 361; initialing of document, 209
• Combined operations, proposed system of command for, 691–692, 733–735
• Combined Raw Materials Board: Establishment of, 6, 10–11, 18–19, 20–21, 197, 198–199, 200, 204, 327–328, 346–348, 356, 360; initialing of document, 209
• Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, 442, 453; establishment of, 199, 204, 331–334, 356, 358–359, 361–362; initialing of document, 209
• Combined Staff Planners, 52, 56, 58, 247–248
• Continental Western Europe, projected operations in. See under Germany, Allied efforts against.
• Coral Sea, battle of, 450, 548
• Corsica: Projected operations in, 571, 585, 653, 683, 748, 804, 806; subversive activities in, 749
• Crete, projected operations in, 570
• Cuba, 120, 207
• Dakar, French West Africa: Projected operations at, 25, 46, 56, 70, 78, 89, 130; strategic responsibility and command set-up for, 638–640, 798
• Dardanelles, Straits of: Allied control of, plans for, 749, 764; Soviet interest in, 643, 765; Turkish rights over, 634
• Daylight bombing, merits of, 544, 648, 666–667, 746–747, 782, 784
• Denmark, projected operations in, 455, 678
• Dieppe raid, 690, 790
• Dodecanese Islands: Greek interest in, 765; projected operations in, 678, 740, 749, 768, 771–773, 804, 806; proposed Turkish control of, 651, 765
• Duke of York, H.M.S., 21, 27
• Eastern Europe, U.S.-British position regarding frontiers in, 61
• Egypt: As base for military operations, 252; strategic concepts regarding, 45, 47, 53, 56, 58
• El Alamein, battle of, 574–575, 578
• Escort vessels, shortage of, 441–443, 466, 540, 543, 564–566, 592, 623, 669, 709, 745, 779, 792
• European theater (see also Atlantic theater and Germany, Allied efforts against): Allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 530–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; basic strategic concept for, 736; strategy in, discussions concerning, 559–560, 570–573, 581–592, 595–597, 603, 617–622, 628–631, 674, 683, 688
• Expeditionary Air Force, proposal for, 76
• Far East theater (see also Burma, and Japan, Allied efforts against): Air operations in, plans for, 515, 554, 597, 603, 630, 632, 718, 757, 797, 801; aircraft allotment to, 757; allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; landing craft allocation, 540, 588, 601–602, 614–617, 621–622, 628, 631, 689; military operations in, plans for, 463–464, 508–509, 514–518, 540–541, 545, 550, 554–555, 561–562, 590–591, 595, 600–603, 613–617, 619–622, 628–630, 673, 718, 736, 738–740, 743, 746, 757–761, 775, 784, 796–798, 801, 805, 807; military situation in, 458, 755–760; troop allocation to, 757
• Fiji Islands. See Japan, Allied efforts against: Island bases.
• Finland, German air operations from, 605
• Formidable, H.M.S., 28, 517
• France:
  • Aleppo-Mosul railway, French interest in, 765
  • Colonies, restoration of, 514
  • Committee for Liberation of France, proposed, 610–611, 644–645, 822–823
  • Economic and political situation in, 41–44, 162, 168, 253–255, 459
  • French fleet: Combined naval action against, proposal for, 11; jurisdiction over, 822; role of, estimate, 121–122; transfer to United States command, proposal for, 130, 153, 155, 244–245, 252–253
  • German troop strength in, 431, 786–787
  • Landings in, plans for, 423–425, 428, 431, 455, 460–461, 467, 469, 473–474, 478–479, 538–540, 559–560, 570–571, 581–588, 591–592, 597, 619–621, 629, 631, 673–678, 688–689, 698–700, 715, 717, 739, 743–744, 751–752, 786–788, 796
  • North Africa: Air strength in, 98; problem of transporting army evacuees through Spain, 610; collaboration with enemy in, potential, 24–25, 249; German demands with respect to, 42–43
  • Participation in war against Germany, proposal for, 64, 68, 72, 97, 186
  • Propaganda campaign directed toward, proposed, 646, 825, 828
  • Resistance to North African landings, 424, 493, 730, 839
  • St. Pierre and Miquelon: See main entry St. Pierre and Miquelon.
  • Sovereignty of, discussions concerning, 513–514, 610, 642, 647, 695–696, 812–813, 817, 826
  • Territorial empire, administration of, 822
  • Vichy government, U.S. relations with, 8, 64, 68, 76, 156–157, 399
  • West Africa, plans for occupation of, 25, 66, 70, 72, 73–74, 75, 78, 89, 200, 260–261
  • Western Hemisphere, status of territories in, 405
• France, Northwest, military operations in: Air support for, 538, 583, 585–586; command arrangements for, proposed, 678, 688–689, 790–791, 796; German resistance to, estimate of, 437, 538–539, 786–787; plans for, 423, 425, 428, 431, 455, 461, 488, 491, 510–511, 538–540, 559–560, 570–571, 581–588, 591–592, 597, 619–621, 629, 631, 673–678, 688–689, 698–700, 717, 737, 739, 743–745, 751–752, 761, 774, 785–791, 796, 808; Supreme Allied Commander, authority and selection of, 475, 629, 634, 674–675, 688–689, 717–718, 790–791, 796
• Free French National Committee, 372, 381, 403, 694, 815, 820–821, 822n ; U.S.-British relations with, 25; United Nations Declaration, question of inclusion, 150–152, 366–367, 368, 370, 372, 376n
• French African possessions, civil administration of, 611, 822
• French Imperial Council, 513, 611, 822n
• French Morocco: French administration of, 702; independence aspirations, 693; postwar status of, 693, 702–703; sovereignty of, 695
• French Somaliland, British operations in, 620
• French War Committee, proposal for, 700–701
• Furious, H.M.S., 28
• George Washington, 147, 170, 187, 229
• Germany (see also Germany, Allied efforts against):
  • Agents in North Africa, 558
  • Air capability, 67, 544, 572, 586, 784, 786
  • Axis commercial air route, plans for, 452
  • Balkan countries: Exports from, importance of, 751, 769; troop strength in, 538–539
  • Brazil, influence in, 86
  • First objective in defeat of Axis, 30, 60, 210, 214, 226–227
  • France, troop strength in, 431, 786–787
  • Italian collapse, effect of, 509, 538, 571, 584, 586, 631, 684–685, 740, 744, 749, 784
  • Japan, traffic with, 542
  • Levant-Caspian theater, potential military operations in, 22–23, 224–225
  • Lines of communication, 529, 570, 582
  • Military capabilities and deficiencies, 474, 537–546, 740, 744, 784
  • Morale: Civilian, 537, 544, 586–587, 595, 744, 782, 805; military, 586, 785, 788, 796
  • North Africa: German civilians in, 606; occupation, military and political advantages to Germany of, 54–55; potential German operations, U.S. attitude toward, 234–237, 245; propaganda in, 245; troop strength in, 49, 512, 574
  • Oil situation in, 538, 582, 586–587, 648–649, 740–741, 770, 798
  • Portugal, potential military operations involving, 39, 76, 87
  • Postwar occupation of, discussions concerning, 611–612
  • Ship production, 121
  • Shipping, Allied, attacks on, 541–544, 564–567, 623–624, 633, 667–669, 675, 708–711
  • Soviet Union, estimate of German military situation in, 458, 537–538, 741
  • Spain, potential occupation of, 19–20, 25–26, 38–39, 49, 70, 76, 87, 97–98, 163, 168, 424, 511
  • Turkey: Chrome exports from, 750–751, 764; fear of Germany, 764; potential military occupation of, 22–23, 49, 224–225
  • U-Boat strength and production, 441–442, 543, 563
  • United Kingdom, potential military operations against, 221
  • War potential, estimate of, 742
• Germany, Allied efforts against:
  • Aegean Sea area, projected operations in, 750–751, 768–769, 771–772
  • Air operations against Germany, 24, 34, 45, 66, 69, 74, 78, 83, 220, 258, 261, 431, 455–456, 473–475, 492, 510, 538–540, 544–546, 562, 570–574, 577–578, 582–588, 591–592, 596, 619, 624–625, 628, 631–632, 643, 648–649, 651, 660–661, 666–667, 669–672, 676, 683–684, 714, 716, 737–740, 744, 746–751, 764, 768–769, 771–773, 777–778, 781–784, 794–795, 798, 804–807
  • Aircraft, German: Allied operations against, 781–782, 784, 805, 807; shortage of, 544, 572, 586
  • Albania, resistance forces in, plans for military assistance to, 751, 770–771
  • Anti-submarine operations, plans for. See Naval operations, infra.
  • Aruba and Curagao, protection of, 86, 258
  • Atlantic area, priorities for proposed Allied operations in, 88–89, 96–97, 113, 137, 238–239, 246–247.
  • Azores Islands, protection of, 66, 70, 75, 84, 154, 260, 262
  • Balkan countries: Air operations against, plans for, 737, 769, 771, 773; enemy forces and communications in, 538–539; military operations against, Allied plans for, 740–745, 747, 751, 764, 769–771, 804, 806; resistance forces in, military assistance to, 749, 751; secret radio station in, 648
  • Belgium, possible Allied landings in, 455, 478
  • Berlin: Air attacks on, 624–625, 643, 670n , 671, 782; Allied occupation of, 506
  • Black Sea area, projected operations against Axis communications in, 749, 751, 769
  • Bomber offensive in Europe, 24, 34, 45, 66, 69, 74, 78, 83, 220, 258, 261, 540, 562, 570, 628, 669–672, 737, 739–740, 743–748, 761, 774, 777–778, 781–784, 804–807
  • Brazil, northeast, protection of, 78, 86, 122, 160, 162, 168, 200, 261, 262
  • Bulgaria, military operations against, Allied plans for, 770
  • Canary Islands, projected operations in, 26, 84, 88–89, 154, 259–260, 262
  • Cape Verde Islands, projected operations in, 26, 66, 70, 75, 84, 89, 260, 261
  • Channel Islands, projected operations in, 428, 467, 469, 474, 698, 717, 789–790, 796
  • Continental Western Europe: Air support for landings in, 431, 455–456, 473–474, 510, 538, 583, 585–586, 676; German air capability in, 786; German defenses in, estimate of, 437, 538–539, 786–787; projected operations in, 423–428, 430–431, 435, 437–438, 455–457, 460–461, 465–467, 469, 473–475, 478–479, 488, 491, 500–511, 538–540, 559–560, 570–571, 581–588, 591–592, 595, 597, 618–621, 629, 631, 671, 673–679, 688–689, 698–700, 717, 737, 739, 743–745, 751–752, 761, 774, 785–791, 796, 808; Supreme Allied Commander, selection and authority of, 475, 629, 634, 674–675, 688–689, 717–718, 790–796
  • Corsica: Projected operations in, 571, 585, 653, 683, 748, 804, 806; subversive activities in, 749
  • Cotentin Peninsula, projected operations in, 786–788, 796
  • Crete, projected operations in, 570
  • Dardanelles, Straits of, control of, 749, 764
  • Daylight bombing, 544, 648, 666–667, 746–747, 782, 784
  • Defeat of Germany, time estimate for, 591–592
  • Denmark, projected operations in, 455, 678
  • Diego Suarez, 261
  • Dodecanese Islands, projected operations in, 678, 740, 749, 768, 771–773, 804, 806
  • Egypt: As base for military operations, 252; strategic concepts regarding, 45, 47, 53, 56, 58
  • El Alamein, battle of, 574–575, 578
  • European theater: Allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622; Allied strategy in, discussions concerning, 559–560, 570–573, 581–592, 595–597, 603, 617–622, 628–631, 674, 683, 688
  • Finland, German air operations from, 605
  • France. See main entries France and France, Northwest, military operations in.
  • Germany as first objective in defeat of Axis, 30, 60, 210, 214, 226–227
  • Gibraltar, Straits of, Allied protection of communication through, 572, 625, 737
  • Greece, projected operations in, 584, 628, 751, 770–772
  • Greenland: Allied operations from, 545–546; allotment and deployment of troops to, 75
  • Hungary, internal dissension in, 748
  • Iceland: Aircraft deployment to, 75, 78; allotment and deployment of troops to, for relief of British garrison, 59, 69, 71, 75, 77–78, 83, 154, 156, 168, 183, 187, 189, 191, 194, 222, 229, 239, 251, 258, 261; defense of, 546, 604
  • Ireland, participation in war, proposed, 77
  • Italy. See main entry Italy.
  • Japanese-German traffic, operations against, 542
  • Levant-Caspian theater: Build-up of troop strength in, proposal for, 225–226; enemy operations in, potential, 22–23, 224–225; possible military operations in, plans for, 70, 72, 73, 79, 85; strategic concepts regarding, 45, 47, 53, 56, 58
  • Libya: Aircraft gasoline, enemy shortages of, 50; communications and transportation, 48–49, 248, 254; military situation in, 22, 47–48, 65, 78, 186, 191, 245; supply situation in, 48–49
  • Malta: Air operations from, 572, 574, 577, 661; enemy bombing of, 588, 605
  • Mediterranean Sea area: Allied convoys into, passage of, 538, 572–573, 577, 585, 625–626, 683, 780, 783, 804, 806; British naval operations in, 750
  • Mediterranean theater. See main entry Mediterranean theater.
  • Middle East theater. See main entries Middle East theater and North Africa.
  • Military operations in, plans for, 421–431, 434–435, 437–438, 455–457, 460–462, 465–467, 469, 473–475, 478–479, 488, 491–492, 509–512, 538–540, 545, 559–560, 567–578, 580–592, 595–599, 617–621, 625–626, 628–631, 634, 637, 651, 660–662, 663–665, 671, 673–679, 681–686, 688–692, 698–700, 710–715, 717, 720, 752, 761, 764, 766–774, 778–783, 785–796, 799–800, 804, 806, 808
  • Naval operations, plans for, 84, 91, 473, 481–483, 541–546, 561, 564–567, 587, 628, 631, 633, 656–657, 667–671, 675, 709, 711, 737, 781–782, 792
  • Netherlands: Civil unrest in, 459; possible landings in, Allied plans for, 455, 478, 678, 806
  • North Africa: See main entries North Africa and Middle East theater.
  • North Atlantic, strategic concepts regarding proposed operations in, 44–45, 47, 53, 56, 57
  • Northern Ireland: Aircraft deployment to, 70, 75, 76–77, 163, 168, 170; allotment and deployment of troops to, 24, 65, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 83, 102, 105, 147, 156, 162–163, 166, 168, 170, 183–184, 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 201, 222, 229, 251, 256–258, 261; troop training sites in, 675–676
  • Northwest France, military operations in. See main entry France, Northwest, military operations in.
  • Norway: German air operations from, 492, 552, 601–605; German surface raiders in, 492; possible Allied landings in, plans for, 72, 78, 422, 425, 428, 455, 467, 469, 478–479, 587, 605, 715
  • Overall strategic plans for defeat of Germany, 114–115, 137, 145, 196, 210–217
  • Poland: Armed forces of, composition and potentialities, 624; civil unrest in, 459
  • Portugal: Attitude toward war, 38, 39; potential operations by enemy involving, 39, 76, 87, 435, 469, 478–479
  • Rumania: Air operations against, plans for, 49–50, 220–221, 540, 571, 628, 643, 648–649, 651, 749–751, 769, 773, 778, 794, 798; importance of oil exports to Germany, 648–649, 770, 798
  • Sardinia, plans for invasion of, 509–512, 559, 570–572, 582, 584–585, 587, 596, 598, 628, 653, 681–685. 714, 739–740, 748, 804, 806
  • Scotland, troop training sites in, 589, 675–676
  • Second front: Establishment of, 30–32, 62, 458; Soviet interest in, 490, 494, 496, 500
  • Sicily, invasion of. See main entry Sicily.
  • Southern France, possible invasion of, plans for, 715, 804
  • Soviet Union. Sec main entry Soviet Union.
  • Spain: Attitude toward belligerents, 489, 509, 539; economic assistance to, 413–414; occupation by enemy, potential, 19–20, 25–26, 38–39, 49, 70, 76, 87, 97–98, 163, 168, 424, 511, 571–572, 625–626, 744–745; possible Allied operations involving, 435, 469, 478–479, 625–626
  • Spanish Morocco: North African landings, possible reaction to, 489; occupation of, proposed, 571, 625, 682, 714
  • Strategy for, analysis by Churchill, 21–26, 29–32
  • Sweden, possible Allied assistance to, 587
  • Syria: Reinforcements to, 492, 511–512; threat to enemy, 511
  • Tunisian-Libyan campaign: Command arrangements in, 634–635, 660–662, 715; military operations in, 562, 574–578, 580–581, 599, 712, 817–818; naval situation in, 543, 626; concern by Allies over, 433–434, 437, 439, 450; U.S. munitions to, 433, 437, 446–448, 454, 537–538
  • Turkey. See main entry Turkey.
  • U-boats: Menace of, 537, 543–545, 710–711, 742, 745, 760, 774; strength and production of, 543, 563
  • Unconditional surrender policy, 506, 534, 635, 704, 727, 835, 837, 841
  • United Kingdom. See main entry United Kingdom.
  • West Africa, projected operations in, 25, 66, 70, 72, 73–74, 75, 78, 89, 200, 260–261
  • Western and Southern Europe, projected operations in, 30–32, 62
  • Yugoslavia (see also Balkan countries): Civil unrest in, 459, 749; plans for military assistance to resistance forces in, 751, 770–771
• Gibraltar, Straits of, protection of communications through, 572, 625, 737
• Gilbert Islands, projected operations in, 622, 757, 759
• Gneisenau, 28
• Good Neighbor Policy, 120
• Greece: Dodecanese Islands, Greek interest in, 765; projected operations in, 584, 628, 751, 770–772; resistance forces in, plans for military assistance to, 751, 770–771
• Greenland: Air bases in, status of, 84; air operations from, 545–546; allotment and deployment of troops to, 75
• Gymnast. See North Africa: Military operations in.
• Hadrian. See Cotentin Peninsula, supra.
• Hawaiian Islands: Military reinforcements to, 127; supply routes to, 73, 79, 547, 738
• Hermes, H.M.S., 28
• Hipper, 540–541, 605
• Howe, H.M.S., 29
• Hungary: Internal dissensions in, 748; oil production, 549; troop losses in Soviet Union, 538
• Husky. See Sicily, invasion of, plans for.
• Hyde Park, Roosevelt-Churchill meeting at, 419
• Iceland: Aircraft deployment to, 75, 78; allotment and deployment of troops for relief of British garrison, 59, 69, 71, 75, 77–78, 83, 154, 156, 168, 183, 187, 189, 191, 194, 222, 229, 238, 251, 258, 261; Conference site, proposed, 490–491, 495, 499; U.S. Marines, withdrawal of, 144; views on defense of, 546, 604.
• Illustrious, H.M.S., 28, 517, 542
• India: Air bases, construction of, proposed, 555; air operations from, plans for, 630, 632, 718; Bengal, concern over, 452; China, air supply to, 452, 464, 467–468; landing craft allocation, 588, 689; military manpower, estimate of, 590; military operations from, 425–426, 451; military situation in, 450; munitions production, 590; political situation in, 62; troop strength in, 517, 541; United Nations Declaration, question of inclusion of India, 366, 368, 369, 370
• Indian Ocean area, British naval operations in, 517, 541–542
• Indochina, postwar status of, 514
• Indomitable, H.M.S., 28
• Ireland: Airline transportation to, 70, 77; naval bases in, proposed, 70; participation in war against Germany, proposed, 77
• Italy:
  • Air operations against, plans for, 544–545, 585, 596, 683–684, 714, 716, 737–740, 748, 782
  • Aircraft production, 67, 544
  • Allied occupation of, 597
  • Armistice, Allied terms for, 506n , 749
  • Collapse of, effect on Germany, 509, 538, 571, 584, 586, 631, 684–685, 740, 744, 749, 784
  • Commando raids on, proposed, 748
  • Elimination from war, possibility of, 540, 571, 685, 737, 740–741, 744–749, 784
  • Military operations against, plans for, 584—585
  • Morale, estimate of, 713–714, 744, 778
  • Naval forces, estimate of, 121
  • Political warfare campaign against, 748
  • Possible invasion of, plans for, 714, 740, 804, 806
  • Ship production, 121
  • Subversive activities in, 749
  • Troop losses in Soviet Union, 538
  • Unconditional surrender policy toward, 506, 534, 635n , 704, 727, 836n , 838, 842
• Japan (see also Japan, Allied efforts against):
  • Aircraft production, 65, 67, 544
  • Armed forces, estimate of, 33, 550, 553
  • Axis commercial air route, plans for, 452
  • Germany, traffic with, operations against, 542
  • Industries, vulnerability to attack, 553
  • Military operations by, estimate of, 26–27, 741
  • North America, West Coast of, likelihood of Japanese attack on, 90, 265–267
  • Overall strategic plans for defeat of Japan, 210–217
  • Soviet Union, participation in war against Japan, proposed, 35, 70, 76, 87, 127–128, 171
  • Submarine capability, 556, 566, 756
• Japan, Allied efforts against (See also Far East theater):
  • Air bases, Soviet, possible Allied use of, 508, 551
  • Air capability, estimate of, 777
  • Air operations against Japan, plans for, 515, 553, 554, 555, 561, 597, 603, 630, 632, 687, 718, 738, 757, 775–776, 797, 801, 807
  • Aircraft carrier strength, status of, 450
  • Aircraft production, 65, 67, 544
  • Alaska, security of, 738
  • Aleutian Islands: Military operations in, plans for, 603, 757–759, 797; military situation in, 450
  • Armed forces, estimate of, 550, 553
  • Attacks on Japanese homeland, plans for, 34–35
  • Australia: Air bases in, establishment of, 302; lines of communication to, Allied protection of, 547–548, 603–604, 738; military operations from, Allied plans for, 423, 451; U.S. forces in, disposition of, 269–271
  • Australian mandates, resistance in, 451
  • Burma. See main entry Burma.
  • Caroline Islands, projected operations in, 622, 757, 759, 761, 775
  • Ceylon, Allied concern for, 450
  • China. See main entry China.
  • Gilbert Islands, projected operations in, 622, 757, 759
  • Hawaiian Islands: Military reinforcements to, 127; supply routes to, 73, 79, 547, 738
  • Island bases between Hawaii and Australia, defense of, 178–180, 185, 325–327
  • India:
    • Air bases, construction of, proposed, 555
    • Air operations from, plans for, 630, 632, 718
    • Bengal, Allied concern over, 452
    • China, air supply to, 452, 464, 467–468
    • Landing craft allocation, 588, 689
    • Military operations from, 425–426, 451
    • Military situation in, 450
    • Troop strength in, 517, 541
  • Indian Ocean, area, British naval operations in, 517, 541–542
  • Kurile Islands, projected operations in, 549
  • Marianas Islands, projected operations in, 548–549, 556
  • Marshall Islands, projected operations in, 548–549, 620–622, 757, 759, 761, 775
  • Malay Peninsula, naval battle of, 458
  • Midway Island: Battle of, 450, 459, 548, 555; protection of lines of communication to, 547
  • Military operations, Allied plans for, 423, 425–426, 449–452, 463–464, 508–509, 514–518, 536, 540–542, 545, 548–550, 553–556, 561–562, 590–591, 594–595, 600–604, 613–617, 619–622, 628–630, 668, 673, 687, 718, 736, 738–740, 742–743, 746, 755–761, 774–775, 777, 784–785, 796–798, 801, 804–807
  • Military situation in, 450–451, 459, 536–537, 545, 547–548, 555, 755–756, 777, 804–805
  • Netherlands East Indies: Guerrilla warfare in, 451; military situation in, 536, 548–549
  • New Guinea: Air operations in, 775–776; military operations in, plans for, 548, 553, 738, 757–759
  • New Zealand: Lines of communication to, security of, 547, 738; occupation by enemy, potential, 295
  • North America, West Coast of, estimate of Japanese attack on, 90, 265–267
  • Overall strategic plans for defeat of Japan, 210–217
  • Pacific theater. See main entries Pacific theater and Southwest Pacific theater.
  • Pacific War Council, meeting of, 448–449, 514
  • Philippine Islands: Civil unrest in, 459; guerrilla warfare in, 451; projected operations in, 536, 548–549, 556
  • Rabaul, projected operations in, 548, 615, 620–621, 628, 668, 757–759, 761, 775, 784, 797, 805, 807
  • Samoa, deployment of U.S. military forces to, 179
  • Sea communications, Japanese, attacks on, 27
  • Shipping: Battleship escort for, proposed, 35–36; Japanese shipping, attacks against, 515, 603, 718, 736, 750–757
  • Singapore, deployment of U.S. battle fleet to, proposed, 36
  • Solomon Islands, projected operations in, 536, 545, 548–549, 553, 738, 757–758, 777
  • Southwest Pacific theater. See main entry Southwest Pacific theater.
  • Soviet Union: Air bases in, possible Allied use against Japan, 508, 551; participation in war, possiity of, 35, 70, 76, 87, 127–128, 171, 507–508, 549, 551, 624, 687; possible Japanese attack on, 451, 742, 804, 806
  • Thailand, proposed Allied occupation of, 541, 614
  • Truk, projected operations in, 548–549, 556, 621, 628, 757, 759–760, 797
  • Unconditional surrender policy, 506, 534, 635, 704, 727, 835, 837, 841
  • War policy, survey of, 26–29, 32–37
• Jean Bart, 64, 122
• Joint Supply Committee, 52, 56, 58
• Jupiter. See Norway, plans for possible Allied landings in.
• Khartoum as proposed Conference site, 495–497, 499
• King George F., H.M.S., 27, 73
• Kitty Hawk, 102, 270
• Kungsholm, 187
• Kurile Islands, projected operations in, 549
• Landing craft: Production of, 583, 602, 614, 622, 682, 689–691, 699–700, 717; significance of, 540, 570, 587, 595, 614–615, 632, 689–690, 787–788
• Landing craft allocation:
  • Far East theater, 540, 588, 601–602, 614–617, 621–622, 628, 631, 689
  • Mediterranean theater, 512, 541, 582, 588–589, 601, 616, 623, 631, 681–682, 685, 689–691, 699, 713–714, 717, 720, 783, 804, 806
  • Middle East theater, 477
  • North Africa, 589, 783, 804
  • Pacific theater, 613, 615, 617, 621, 631, 690
  • United Kingdom, 431, 474–475, 512, 540, 588–590, 628, 631, 689–691, 699–700, 717, 739, 752, 787, 789
• Latin America, U.S. and British cooperation and relations with, 118–124
• Lend-Lease operations:
  • Appropriations, 5
  • Soviet Union, 8, 22, 127, 128n , 183–185, 187–190, 192–195, 341–342
  • United Kingdom, 8, 62, 188, 189, 195, 196
• Levant-Caspian theater (see also Germany, Allied efforts against, and Middle East theater): Build-up of troop strength in, proposal for, 225–226; enemy operations in, potential, 22–23, 224–225; possible military operations in, plans for, 70, 72, 73, 79, 85; strategic concepts regarding, 45, 47, 53, 56, 58
• Lexington, U.S.S., 452
• Libya: Aircraft gasoline, enemy shortage of, 50; communications and transportation, 48–49, 248, 254; military situation in, 22, 47–48, 65, 78, 186, 191; supply situation in, 48–49
• Ludington, 127
• Lützow, 540–541, 605
• Madagascar: British operations in, 425, 620; possible occupation of, 261
• Magnet. See Northern Ireland: Allotment and deployment of troops to.
• Majorca, projected operations in, 625
• Malay Peninsula, naval battle of, 458
• Malaya, H.M.S., 27
• Malta: Air operations from, 572, 574, 577, 661; enemy bombing of, 588, 605
• Manhattan, 76
• Marianas Islands, projected operations in, 548–549, 556
• Marshall Islands, projected operations in, 548–549, 620–622, 757, 759, 761, 775
• Martinique, French naval forces in, 590–600
• Mediterranean Sea area (see also Mediterranean theater): British naval operations in, 750; Allied convoys into, passage of, 539, 572–573, 577, 585, 625–626, 631, 683, 780, 783, 804, 806
• Mediterranean theater:
  • Air operations in, plans for, 223–224, 571–572, 584–585, 588, 596, 631, 661, 683–684
  • Allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622
  • Axis communications in, 539
  • Command arrangements in, 660–661, 685–686, 715, 793–794
  • Landing craft allocation, 512, 783, 804, 806
  • Naval situation in, 543, 625–626
  • Projected operations in, 500–512, 540, 545, 559–560, 570–573, 581–592, 595–598, 617–620, 622, 628, 630–631, 682–685, 738–739, 743–746, 748–749, 751, 761, 774, 783, 792–795
  • Supreme Allied Commander in, selection and authority of, 793, 799–800
• Middle East theater: Air operations in, 572–574, 737, 748; aircraft allocation to, 225, 477; British reinforcements to, 424, 429, 438, 466; possible military operations in, plans for, 70, 72, 73, 79, 85; U.S. forces to, possibility of, 423, 480, 436, 438, 443, 446–447, 476, 593; U.S. munitions to, 433, 437, 446–448, 454
• Midway Island: Battle of, 450, 459, 548, 555; protection of lines of communication to, 547
• Military operations against Germany. See Germany, Allied efforts against.
• Military operations against Japan. See Japan, Allied efforts against.
• Morale, national: Germany, 537, 544, 586–587, 595, 744, 782, 785, 788, 796, 805; Italy, 713–714, 744, 778; U. S., 72
• Mount Vernon, 183, 187, 229; disposition of, 91, 267–268
• Mutual assistance agreements. See Treaties and other international acts.
• Naval operations against Germany. See Germany, Allied efforts against.
• Naval operations against Japan. See Japan, Allied efforts against.
• Nelson, H.M.S., 27, 29, 33, 73
• Netherlands: Civil unrest in, 459; legation in United States, question of embassy rank for, 63; possible landings in, plans for, 455, 478, 678, 806; Supreme Allied Commander, Southwest Pacific, attitude toward directive for, 133, 172–173; U.S. relations with, 313
• Netherlands East Indies: Guerrilla warfare in, 451; military situation in, 536, 548–549
• New Caledonia (see also Island bases under Japan, Allied efforts against): Free French air bases in, use of, 404; Free French, question of military assistance to, 179–180; projected occupation of, 178–180, 186, 188, 189
• New Guinea: Air operations in, 775–776; projected operations in, 548, 553, 738, 757–759
• New Zealand: Lines of communication to, security of, 547, 738; occupation by enemy, potential, 295; unified command in Southwest Pacific, representations concerning role in, 293–295
• Normandie, 131, 167, 170
• North Africa:
  • Air bases and operations in, 114, 431, 574, 577–578, 660, 737, 748, 777–778, 783, 794, 804, 806
  • Axis agents in, 558
  • Axis troop strength in, 568, 575, 578
  • Civil administration of, 518–519, 822–823
  • Civilian economic affairs, 569, 599, 639, 702–703, 730–731
  • Command arrangements in, 634–635, 660–662, 715
  • Committee for the Liberation of France, proposed, 822–823
  • Darlan assassination, arrests following, 518–519
  • deGaulle-Giraud relationship, 519, 813–817, 820–821, 823–824, 838–840
  • Economic aid to, 824, 827
  • Franc-dollar-pound rate of exchange, 519–520, 642, 645, 812–813, 820, 821, 825, 827–828, 830n
  • French air force in, formation and training of, 638–639, 652
  • French air strength in, 98
  • French armed forces in, capability of, 568, 594, 652, 654
  • French army in, formation and deployment of, 568, 574, 593–594, 610, 636–637, 652, 822, 830–831, 835, 838
  • French naval forces in, deployment of, 638, 653–654
  • French political and military leadership, discussions concerning, 642, 700–701, 705–707, 809–811, 816, 818–819
  • German residents in, attitude of, 606
  • Giraud, recognition as supreme French authority in, 818, 825–826, 828n , 830n , 831, 835, 838
  • Jewish populace in, treatment of, 608, 611, 702
  • Landing craft allocation, 589, 783, 804
  • Military operations in, résumé of and plans for, 23–24, 25, 26, 45–46, 47, 57, 63–65, 66, 71–72, 78, 85, 98, 113–114, 130–131, 137, 146–147, 153–154, 155–156, 163–167, 168–170, 172, 185–186, 190–191, 194, 200, 208, 222–223, 240–243, 248, 249–250, 259, 261, 262–265, 422–424, 426–428, 430–431, 434–435, 437, 460, 462, 489, 493, 511–512, 537–539, 567–569, 573–578, 580–581, 599, 730, 839
  • Occupation by enemy, military and political advantages to, 54–55
  • Participation in war against Germany, proposal for, 23
  • Political prisoners in, liberation of, 645
  • Potential operations by enemy, U.S. attitude toward, 234–237, 245
  • Propaganda: Allied, 250, 255–256; Enemy, 245
  • Racial laws, abolishment of, 821
  • Rearming of French forces in, 520, 607, 636, 638–640, 642, 645–646, 652–653, 823–824, 827–829
  • Shipping allocation, 783
  • Sovereignty, question of, 513, 812–813, 817, 826
  • U.S.–British areas of administrative responsibility, 513
  • U.S. forces for occupation of, estimate, 237, 512, 576, 577
  • U.S-French cooperation in, 606–607, 730
  • Supreme Allied Commander in, selection and authority of, 634–635, 660–662, 715
  • Troop strength in: Allied, 512, 574; Axis, 568, 575, 578
• North Atlantic, proposed operations in, strategic concepts regarding, 44–45, 47, 53, 56, 57
• Northern Ireland: Aircraft deployment to, 70, 75, 76–77, 163, 168, 170; air strength in, British, 177–178; allotment and deployment of U.S. troops to, 24, 65, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 83, 102, 105, 147, 156, 162–163, 166, 168, 170, 183–184, 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 201, 222, 229, 251, 256–258, 261; troop training sites in, 675–676
• Norway: German air operations from, 492, 552, 604–605; German surface raiders in, 492; legation in United States, question of embassy rank for, 63; plans for possible Allied landings in, 72, 78, 422, 425, 428, 455, 467, 469, 478–479, 587, 605, 715
• Orion, H.M.S., 229
• Oronzay, 229
• Overall strategic plans for defeat of Germany, 114–115, 137, 145, 196, 210–217
• Overall strategic plans for defeat of Japan, 210–217
• Pacific theater (see also Southwest Pacific theater):
  • Air operations in, plans for, 33–34, 221, 775–776
  • Aircraft allocation to, 757
  • Allocation of war resources to, discussions concerning, 536–537, 549, 554–555, 582, 617–622
  • Basic strategic concept regarding, 52–53, 56, 86, 736
  • Boundaries of military control, 153–155
  • Guerrilla warfare in, 451
  • Island bases in, plans for defense of, 178–180, 185, 325–327
  • Landing craft allocation, 613, 615, 617, 621, 631, 690
  • Military operations in, plans for, 423, 450–451, 548–550, 553, 556, 594, 600, 603, 628, 687, 738, 742–743, 746, 755–758, 761, 774–775, 784–785, 796–797, 804–807
  • Military situation in, 126–127, 459, 465, 547–550, 553–556, 603–604, 613, 617–622, 632, 755–760
  • Naval assistance in, British, 73
  • Naval operations in, plans for, 27–29, 33, 757
  • Rubber smuggling in, 451
  • Shipping losses in, 555–556
  • Troop strength in, 550, 622, 757
• Pacific War Council, meeting of, 448–449, 514
• Palmyra Island. See Island bases under Japan, Allied efforts against.
• Pasteur, 447
• Philippine Islands: Civil unrest in, 459; guerrilla warfare in, 451; Manila, Soviet press attack on status of, 170; military situation in, 36, 81–82, 126; projected operations in, 536, 548–549, 556
• Poland: Allied unity, proposal for “visible proof” of, 362–363; armed forces, composition and potentialities of, 624; civil unrest in, 459; Polish-Soviet declaration of Friendship and Mutual Assistance, Dee. 4, 1941, 364; United Nations Declaration, participation in, 363–364, 365
• Polk, 127
• Portugal: Operations by enemy involving, potential, 39, 76, 87, 435, 469, 478–479; Timor, occupation of, 414; war against Germany, attitude toward, 38, 39
• Post- Arcadia collaboration. See Combined Chiefs of Staff: Establishment of.
• Postwar international security, discussions concerning, 444–445
• Press, U.S. and Soviet, comparison of, 170–171
• Prince of Wales and Repulse, H.M.S., loss of, 6, 27, 36
• Prinz Eugen, 28, 540
• Queen Elizabeth, H.M.S., 28, 102, 167, 170, 187, 192, 201, 252n , 716
• Queen Mary, 102, 167, 170, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 192–195, 201, 229, 230, 716
• Rabaul, projected operations in, 548, 615, 620–621, 628, 668, 757–759, 761, 775, 784, 797, 805, 807
• Ramillies, H.M.S., 28
• Ravenous. See Burma, projected operations in.
• Relief supplies to Greek populace, proposed, 62
• Renown, H.M.S., 27, 73
• Resolution, H.M.S., 28
• Revenge, H.M.S., 28
• Richelieu, 64
• Rodney, H.M.S., 27, 29, 33, 73
• Roundup. See Germany, Allied effort against.
• Royal Sovereign, H.M.S., 28
• Rumania (see also Balkan countries): Air operations against, plans for, 540, 571, 628, 643, 648–649, 651, 749–751, 769, 773, 778–794, 798; importance of oil exports to Germany, 648–649, 770, 798; troop losses in Soviet Union, 538
• St. Pierre and Miquelon:
  • Habana Convention of 1940, application of, 396–398
  • Events leading to occupation of, summary, 378–386
  • U.S.-Vichy relations with respect to, 391–392
  • Withdrawal of Free French forces in, question of, 106, 107, 111–112, 125, 131–132, 141, 156, 158, 181–182, 377–378, 385–386, 386–391, 393–396, 399–400, 401–403
• Samoa (see also Island bases under Japan, Allied efforts against), U.S. military forces to, 179
• Sardinia, plans for invasion of, 509–512, 559, 570–572, 582, 584–585, 587, 596, 598, 628, 653, 681–685, 714, 739–740, 748, 801, 806
• Scotland, troop training sites in, 589, 675–676
• Sea communications in Pacific, 76
• Second front (see also Germany, Allied efforts against): Establishment of, 30–32, 62, 458; Soviet interest in, 490, 494, 496, 500
• Scharnhorst, 28, 540
• Scheer, 28
• Shipping:
  • Armament for, question of, 88
  • Conversion to aircraft carriers, question of, 70, 76, 87, 130–131
  • Deficiencies in, 421, 431, 437, 441–443, 458, 509–510, 516n , 537, 549, 602, 736–737, 739, 756, 780–781
  • German attacks on, 541–543, 623–624, 632, 710
  • Importance of, 458, 481–482, 742, 792
  • Japanese attacks on, 555–556, 566
  • Losses to enemy, 441–442, 461, 481, 493, 540, 543, 555–556, 569, 573, 623–624, 631–632, 656–658, 710–711
  • Passage into Mediterranean, 539, 572–573, 577, 585, 602, 625–626, 631, 683, 780, 783, 804, 806
  • Production of, 157–158, 441–443, 473, 481–483, 602
  • Soviet Union, convoys to, 491–493, 541–542, 552, 592–593, 598–599, 604, 623–624, 632–633, 656–658, 708–711, 740, 744–745, 761, 778–781, 792, 808
  • Transfer to British, question of, 70, 77, 88
• Shipping, allocation of (see also Landing craft allocation): Atlantic theater, 100–102, 104–105, 130, 187, 189; Far East Theater, 555, 757, 760, 798; Mediterranean theater, 572–573, 783; Middle East, 194; Pacific theater, 620–622, 757; Southwest Pacific theater, 117, 167, 176–177, 182–185, 186–195, 201, 304; Soviet Union, 187–190, 192–195, 593, 597, 622–624, 656–657, 708–710, 778–779
• Siam. See Thailand.
• Sicily, invasion of: Command arrangements for, 793–794; directive to Supreme Allied Commander of, 799–800; plans for, 509–510, 559, 570–572, 582–585, 587–590, 592, 595–598, 623, 626, 628–631, 637, 653, 661–665, 668–669, 681–686, 690, 698, 710–715, 720, 739–740, 748, 761, 774, 778, 793–794, 799–800, 808; Supreme Allied Commander, selection and authority of, 793, 790–800
• Sledgehammer. See Germany, Allied efforts against.
• Solomon Islands, projected operations in, 536, 545, 548–549, 553, 738, 757–758, 777
• Southern France, plans for possible invasion of, 715, 804
• Southwest Pacific theater (see also Pacific theater):
  • Air operations in, 775–776
  • Boundaries of military control, 292
  • Burma, inclusion of, 143, 152–153, 154–155
  • Japanese air strength in, 159–160
  • Military operations in, plans for, 70, 75, 79–80, 86, 137, 145–146, 227–228, 536, 545, 548–549, 553, 622, 738, 742, 757–761, 775, 777, 784, 797, 805, 807
  • Military situation in, 175–176
  • Naval dispositions in, 148
  • Port Darwin, inclusion of, 180
  • Strategic pattern for operations in, 45–46, 47, 53, 56, 57, 280–281, 289–290, 296, 298
  • Supreme Allied Commander in, selection and authority of, 273–276, 277–279, 289–292, 298, 297–300, 313–316
  • Troop movements to, disposition of, 186, 187, 192, 194, 268, 280–282, 296
  • Unified command in, establishment of, 102—104, 105, 108, 109–110, 115–117, 128–129, 133, 138–139, 142, 143, 147–148, 152, 153, 155, 172–174, 175, 273, 282, 285–288, 303, 317–319; amendments to, 306, 310–311; Australian views and representations regarding, 321–325; Dutch views and representations concerning role in, 304–310, 312–313; New Zealand, representations concerning position of, 321–325
• Soviet Union:
  • Air bases in, possible Allied use against Japan, 35, 66, 508, 551
  • Air capability of, 66, 67, 552
  • Aircraft allocation to, 507–508, 550–551
  • Conference proceedings, Soviet interest in, 454
  • Convoys to, 425, 491–493, 541–542, 552, 592–593, 598–599, 604–605, 623–624, 632–633, 656–658, 708–711, 740, 744–745, 778–781, 792, 808
  • Dardanelles, Soviet interest in, 643, 765
  • Germany, military situation with, assessment of, 22, 35, 458, 537–538, 741
  • Lend-Lease operations, 8, 22, 127, 128n , 183–185, 187–190, 192–195, 341–342
  • Military assistance to, 507–508, 540, 550–552, 559, 581, 587, 590, 592–593, 596, 598, 618, 623–624, 632–633, 656–658, 676, 708–711, 727, 730–737, 746, 761, 774, 783, 792, 804, 806, 834, 837
  • Military and naval situation in, 22, 423–424, 462–466, 473, 538–552, 590, 741–742
  • Possible entry into Pacific war, 70, 76, 87, 127–128, 171, 507–508, 549, 551, 624, 687
  • Possible Japanese attack on, 451, 742, 804, 806
  • Résumé of decisions of Casablanca Conference sent to Stalin, 635, 672, 782–785, 803–807
  • Second front, Soviet concern over, 490, 494, 496, 500, 583–584, 587
• Spain: Agreement on French North Africa, proposed, 610; economic assistance to, 413–414; hostility toward Allied governments, possibility of, 489, 509; occupation by enemy, potential, 19–20, 25–26, 38–39, 49, 70, 76, 87, 97–98, 163, 168, 424, 511, 571–572, 625–626, 744–745; possible operations involving, 435, 469, 478–479, 625–626; relationship with belligerents, 539
• Spanish Morocco: North African invasion, possible reaction to, 489; occupation of, proposed, 571, 625, 682, 714
• Supergymnast. See North Africa: Military operations in.
• Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, 9, 18, 89, 339, 346
• Supreme Allied Commander: Europe, authority and selection of, 475, 629, 634, 674–675, 688–689, 717–718; Mediterranean, authority and selection of, 793, 799–800; North Africa, authority and selection of, 634–635, 660–662, 715
• Supreme Economic Council, proposed establishment of, 14
• Supreme Political Council, proposed establishment of, 12–13, 14–15
• Supreme War Council, proposed establishment of, 3, 13–14, 15, 17–18, 40–41, 52, 56, 58–59, 124–125, 132, 149–150, 203n , 268–269
• Sweden, possible Allied assistance to, 587
• Symbol. See Casablanca Conference: Code names.
• Syria (see also Levant-Caspian theater): Aleppo-Mosul railway, Turkish and French interests in, 765; German threat to, 511; independence guarantee to, 765; reinforcements to, 492, 511–512; Turkish interest in, territory of, 651
• Telecommunications facilities, control of: British Commonwealth, 405–406, 407–408, 411, 412; Latin America, 406–407, 408–411, 412, 413
• Thailand, 27, 134, 143, 292; occupation of, proposed, 541, 614
• Timor, resistance to Japanese, 451
• Tirpitz, 28, 541
• Tobruk, surrender of, 433–434, 437, 537
• Torch, See North Africa: Invasion of.
• Treaties and other international acts:
  • Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, signed in London, Aug. 25, 1939, 363, 364
  • Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, cited, 39
  • Atlantic Charter, Aug. 14, 1941, 12, 39, 365, 367–371, 375, 377
  • Bases Agreement between United States and United Kingdom, 415
  • British-French-Turkish Treaty of mutual assistance, 1939, 651
  • Declaration by United Nations. See main entry United Nations, Declaration by.
  • Habana Convention of 1940, 396–398
  • Polish-Soviet declaration of friendship and mutual assistance, signed Dec. 4, 1941, 364
  • Tripartite Pact, signed Sept. 27, 1940, cited, 40, 365–371, 375, 377
  • U.S.-British air operations agreement, 1942, 460–472
• Truk, projected operations against, 548–549, 556, 621–622, 628, 757, 759–760, 797
• Tulsa affair, 272, 300–301
• Tunisian-Libyan campaigns: Allied concern over, 433–434, 437, 439, 450; command arrangements in, 634–635, 660–662, 715; military operations in, 153, 154, 562, 574–578, 580–581, 599, 712, 817–818; naval situation in, 543, 626; U.S. munitions to, 433, 437, 446–448, 454, 537–538
• Turkey:
  • Air bases in, construction of, 768, 772–773
  • Air operations from, plans for, 492, 540, 571, 577, 582, 628, 643, 737, 749, 751, 764, 768–769, 771–773
  • Aleppo-Mosul railway, Turkish interest in, 765
  • Armed forces capability, estimate of, 577
  • Axis invasion threat, 22–23, 49, 764, 766–767
  • Bosphorus, Turkish interest in, 651
  • British responsibility for dealing with, 634, 650, 659–660, 798
  • Bulgaria, relations with, 634, 651
  • Chrome exports to Germany, limitation of, 750–751, 764
  • Dardanelles, control of, 634
  • Dodecanese, possible Turkish control over, 651
  • Financial and economic aid, 765, 772
  • Germany, fear of, 764
  • Inönü, meeting with, proposed, 643
  • Military assistance to, proposed, 492, 540, 560, 577, 582, 596, 634, 649–651, 659–660, 737, 740, 750, 761–768, 772–773
  • Military operations in, plans for, 492, 540, 560–561, 571, 577, 582, 628, 643, 740, 745, 749–751, 764, 766–773
  • Munitions to Soviet Union through, 598, 650–651
  • Possible entry into war, plans for, 22–23, 29, 492–493, 509, 511, 539–540, 559–560, 571, 577, 584, 598, 618, 628, 634, 643, 649, 651, 737, 740, 744–745, 747, 750, 761, 764–767, 772, 774
  • Postwar status of, 764–766
  • Soviet Union, fear of, 764–765
  • Syria, possible Turkish interest in territory of, 651
  • Treaties and other international acts: British-French-Turkish treaty of mutual assistance, 1939, 651
• Unconditional Surrender Policy, 506, 534, 635, 704, 727, 835, 837, 841
• Unicorn, H.M.S., 517
• United Kingdom (see also Chiefs of Staff, United States and British and Combined Chiefs of Staff):
  • Air operations from, 431, 473–475, 545, 562, 628, 632, 669–672, 737, 744, 746–748, 751, 781–782, 784, 795, 804–805
  • Aircraft allocation to, 469–472, 544–545
  • Atlantic area, control of naval dispositions in, 73, 79, 88
  • Build-up of forces in, 421–422, 424, 426–431, 434–435, 437–438, 458–462, 465–468, 473–475, 478—479, 488–489, 493, 509, 512, 545, 559–560, 570, 628–629, 631, 656–657, 673–679, 697–698, 716–717, 737–740, 743, 745–746, 751–752, 761, 774, 784, 790, 795–796, 804, 806, 808
  • Communications with United States, direct, 155, 207–208
  • Defense against threatened German invasion, 82–83, 221–222, 438, 459–460, 465
  • Landing craft allocation, 431, 474–475, 512, 540, 588–590, 628, 631, 689–691, 699–700, 717, 739, 752, 787, 789
  • Military manpower, estimate of, 71, 590, 716
  • Naval forces, deployment and strength of, 73, 121, 517
  • Troop strength in, 474, 540, 570, 588, 595, 631, 656–657, 673–677, 697, 716, 739–741, 743, 752, 785, 795
• United Nations, Declaration by, Jan. 1, 1942:
  • British views and proposed redraft of, 364–367
  • Draft texts of Declaration, 11–12, 39–40, 367, 370–371, 375, 376–377
  • Free French National Committee, question of inclusion, 150–152, 366–367, 368, 370, 372, 376n
  • India, question of inclusion, 366, 368, 369, 370
  • Negotiations relative to agreement on, 69, 74, 112, 118, 124, 133, 149, 285–286, 368, 369–370, 372–373
  • Polish participation in connection with drafting, 362–364, 365
  • Signing of Declaration, 150, 156
  • Soviet amendments to, 374
• United Nations Supply Council, proposal for, 357
• U.S. Maritime Commission, 204, 265, 353, 354, 359, 362
• U.S. Navy Department, 368
• U.S. War Department, 67, 159, 196, 205, 300, 319, 320, 350
• Valiant, H.M.S., 28, 252n
• Victorious, H.M.S., 27, 517
• Wakefield, 183, 187, 230
• War production: Aircraft, 471, 544, 591; Allied capacity for, 466, 481–482, 777; anti-submarine vessels, 441–442, 461, 473, 602, 623, 668–669, 709, 711, 757; general discussions, 70–71, 77, 99, 136, 158–159, 181, 327–362; landing craft, 583, 602, 614, 622, 682, 689–691, 699–700, 717; merchant vessels, 157, 343–344, 345–346, 353–355, 441–443, 461, 473, 481–483, 602; munitions, 328–330, 331, 334–336, 337, 338–339, 339–341, 342–343, 344, 349–353, 356–358, 590
• War Shipping Administration, 442
• War spite, H.M.S., 28
• Washington Conference, First, Dec. 22, 1941–Jan. 14, 1942, 61–209
  • Accomplishments, statement on, 203
  • Agenda proposed for discussion, 37–38, 67; U.S. views, 50–52
  • Anglo-American Combined Shipping Adjustment Board: Establishment of, negotiations regarding, 199, 204; initialing of document, 209
  • Arrangements for, 4–60
  • Aruba and Curaçao, protection of, 86, 258, 307
  • Atlantic area, priorities for expeditions in, 88–89, 96–97, 113, 137, 237–238
  • Atomic energy research, U.S.-British cooperation in, question of, 63
  • Azores Islands, protection of, 66, 70, 75, 84, 154
  • Bomber offensive against Germany, plans for, 66, 69, 74, 78, 83
  • Brazil: German influence in, 86; political and strategic situation in, 78, 86, 122, 160, 162, 168, 200, 261
  • Burma, military operations in, plans for, 74, 80, 126
  • Canary Islands, protection of, 84, 88–89, 154
  • Cape Verde Islands, protection of, 66, 70, 75, 84, 89
  • Chiefs of Staff: See main entry Chiefs of Staff, U.S. and British.
  • China: Air bases in, for use against Japan, 35, 66, 70, 75–76, 87, 127; financial assistance to, 196; military assistance to, 174; political-strategic mission to, 127, 128–129, 149; military and political significance of, 62; command arrangements in, 134–135, 140, 143
  • Churchill, travel to and from Washington, 5, 7, 21, 58, 59, 209
  • Combined Chiefs of Staff, establishment of, 181, 197–199, 202–207, 210–234
  • Combined Raw Materials Board: Establishment of, by United States and United Kingdom, 197, 198–199, 200, 204; initialing of document, 209
  • Dakar, projected operations at, 25, 46, 56, 70, 78, 89, 130
  • Eastern Europe, frontiers in, U.S. British position regarding, 61
  • France: Participation in war against Germany, proposal for, 64, 68, 72, 97, 186; political situation in, 162, 168; Vichy government, U.S. relations with, 156–157
  • Free French National Committee interest, 404–405
  • French fleet: Role of, estimate, 121–122; transfer to United States, proposal for, 130, 153, 155
  • Germany: Aircraft production, 67; anti-submarine operations against, 84, 121; Brazil, influence in, 86; shipping losses, 121
  • Greece, relief supplies for, 62
  • Greenland: Air bases in, status of, 84; allotment and deployment of troops to, 75
  • Hawaiian Islands: Military reinforcements to, 127; supply routes to, 73, 79
  • Iceland: Aircraft deployment to, 75, 78; allotment and deployment of troops to, for relief of British garrison, 59, 69, 71, 75, 77–78, 83, 154, 156, 168, 183, 187, 189, 191, 194, 238–239; U.S. Marines, withdrawal of, 144
  • India, political situation in, 62
  • Ireland: Airline transportation to, 70, 77; naval bases in, proposed, 70; participation in war against Germany, proposed, 77
  • Italy: Aircraft production, 67; naval forces in Mediterranean, estimate of, 121; ship production, 121
  • Japan: Aircraft production, 65, 67; air operations against, plans for, 65–66, 110–111; naval operations against, plans for, 129–130
  • Latin America, U.S. cooperation and relations with, 118–124
  • Lend-Lease operations: Soviet Union, 127, 128n , 183–185, 187–190, 192–195; United Kingdom, 62, 188, 189, 195, 196
  • Libya, military situation in, 65, 78, 186, 191
  • Middle East theater, possible military operations in, plans for, 70, 72, 73, 79, 85
  • Munitions Assignment Board: Establishment of, by United States and United Kingdom, 202–203, 204–207; initialing of document, 209
  • Netherlands: Legation in United States, question of embassy rank for, 63; Supreme Allied Commander, Southwest Pacific, attitude toward directive for, 133, 172–173
  • New Caledonia: Free French, question of military assistance to, 179–180; occupation of, plans for, 178–180, 186, 188, 189
  • North Africa: Air strength in, French, 98; aircraft, allocation of, 114; military operations against, plans for, 63–65, 66, 71–72, 78, 85, 98, 113–114, 130–131, 137, 146–147, 153–154, 155–156, 163–167, 168–170, 172, 185–186, 190–191, 194, 200, 202, 208, 237, 239; military situation in, 162, 168
  • North America, West Coast of, likelihood of Japanese attack on, 90
  • Northeast Brazil, protection of, 78, 86, 122, 160, 162, 168, 200
  • Northern Ireland: Air strength in, British, 177–178; aircraft deployment to 70, 75, 76–77, 163, 168, 170; allotment and deployment of troops to, 65, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 83, 102, 105, 147, 156, 162–163, 166, 168, 170, 183–184, 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 201
  • Norway: Legation in United States, question of embassy rank for, 63; possible landings in, 72, 78
  • Pacific theater: Boundaries of military control in, 153, 155; island bases in, plans for defense of, 178–180, 185; joint aims in, 86; military situation in, estimate of, 126–127; naval assistance in, British, 73
  • Philippines: Manila, Soviet press attack on status of, 170; military situation in, 81–82, 126
  • Portugal, operations by enemy involving, potential, 76, 87
  • Post- Arcadia collaboration. See Combined Chiefs of Staff, establishment of, supra.
  • St. Pierre and Miquelon, withdrawal of Free French forces in, question of, 106, 107, 111–112, 125, 131–132, 141, 156, 158, 181–182
  • Samoa, U.S. military forces to, 179
  • Southwest Pacific theater. See main entry Southwest Pacific theater.
  • Soviet Union: Air bases in, for use against Japan, question of, 66; air capability of, 66–67; participation in war against Japan, question of, 70, 76, 87, 127–128, 171
  • Spain, operations by enemy involving, potential, 70, 76, 87, 97–98, 163, 168
  • Supreme War Council, establishment of, proposed, 124–125, 132, 203n ; abandonment of plan, 149–150
  • United Nations, Declaration by, Jan. 1, 1942: Free French National Committee, question of inclusion, 150–152; negotiations relative to agreement on, 69, 74, 112, 118, 124, 133, 149; signing of text, 150, 156
  • War production and allocation. Sec main entry War production.
  • West Africa, projected operations in, 25, 66, 70, 72, 73–74, 75, 78. 89, 200, 260–261
• Washington Conference, Second, June 19–25, 1942, 417–483
  • Aleutian Islands, military situation in, 450
  • Arrangements for, 419–420
  • Atlantic theater, sea communications, maintenance of, 431
  • Atomic research, U.S.-British cooperation in, 428, 432
  • Australia, military operations from, 423, 451
  • Australian Mandates, resistance in, 451
  • Axis commercial air route, plans for, 452
  • British Chiefs of Staff, concept of strategy for 1942–1943, 423–426
  • Burma, projected operations in, 425, 452
  • Ceylon, concern for, 450
  • Channel Islands, possible landings in, 428
  • China: Military aid to, 450; request to participate at Conference, 438, 463
  • Churchill, travel to and from Washington, 419, 454
  • Combined Chiefs of Staff. See main entry Combined Chiefs of Staff.
  • Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, 442, 453
  • Continental Western Europe, invasion of: Air support for, 431; German defenses in, estimate of, 437; plans for, 423–428, 430–431, 435, 437–438
  • Coral Sea, battle of, 450
  • Escort vessels, shortage of, 441–443
  • France: German troop strength in, 431; military operations in, plans for, 423–425, 428, 431; resistance to North Africa invasion, 424
  • Germany: Coastal defenses of Northern Europe, estimate of, 437; military operations against, plans for, 422–428, 429–431, 434–435, 437–438; submarine menace, 441–442; troop strength in France, 431
  • India: Air supply to China, 452; Bengal, concern for, 450; military operations from, 425–426, 451; military situation in, 450
  • Japan: Aircraft carrier strength, status of, 450; military operations against, plans for, 423, 425–426, 449–452; military situation with, estimate of, 450–451
  • Madagascar, military operations in, 425
  • Middle East theater: British reinforcements to, 424, 429, 438; U.S. forces to, possibility of, 423, 430, 436, 438, 443, 446–447; U.S. munitions to, 433, 437, 446–448, 454
  • Midway Island, battle of, 450
  • Netherlands East Indies, guerrilla warfare in, 451
  • North Africa, invasion of: Air operations for, 431; discussions concerning, 422–424, 426–428, 430–431, 434–435, 437; possible French resistance to, 424
  • Northwest France, projected operations in, 423, 425, 428, 431
  • Norway, projected operations in, 422, 425, 428
  • Pacific theater, guerrilla warfare in, 451; projected operations in, 423, 450–451; rubber smuggling, 451
  • Pacific War Council, establishment of, 448–449
  • Philippine Islands, guerrilla warfare in, 451
  • Portugal, possible operations involving, 435
  • Postwar international security, discussions concerning, 444–445
  • Press release and drafts, 481–483
  • Shipping: Deficiencies in, 431, 437, 441–443; losses to enemy, 441–442
  • Soviet Union: Combined military operations from, 425; convoys to, protection of, 425; military situation in, 423–424, 429–430; possible Japanese attack on, 451; Soviet interest in Conference proceedings, 454
  • Spain: Occupation by Germany, possibility of, 424; possible operations involving, 435
  • Timor, resistance to Japanese, 451
  • Tobruk, surrender of, 433–434, 437, 439
  • Tunisian-Libyan campaigns: Allied concern over, 433–434, 437, 439, 450; U.S. munitions to, 433, 437, 446–448, 454
  • United Kingdom: Air operations from, 431; build-up of forces in, 422, 424, 426–431, 434–435, 437–438; landing craft allocation, 431; possible German invasion of, 438
  • United States reinforcements to Middle East, 423, 430, 433, 436–437, 443, 446–448, 454
  • War production: Anti-submarine vessels, 441–442; merchant ships, 441–443
  • War Shipping Administration, 442
  • Yugoslavia, discussions concerning postwar situation in, 444–445
• Washington, U.S.S., 76
• West Africa, plans for occupation of, 25, 66, 70, 72, 73–74, 75, 78, 89, 200, 260–261
• West Point, 76, 183, 187, 230
• Yugoslavia (see also Balkan countries):
• Civil unrest in, 459–749; plans for military assistance to resistance forces in, 751, 770–771; postwar situation in, discussions concerning, 444–445