Summary report (Pacific war) Washington, D.C., 1 July 1946

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Contents: Foreword -- Japan's original strategic plan -- Execution of the Japanese strategic plan -- Japenses overextension -- United States plan before Pearl Harbor -- Turning the tide -- Factors determining the nature of the succeeding campaign -- Advance across the Pacific -- China -- Burma -- India -- Elimination of Japanese conventional air forces -- Conversion of the Jananese air forces into Kamikaze forces -- Destruction of the Japanese fleet -- Destruction of the Japanese merchang fleet -- Destruction or isolation of the Japanese ground forces -- Japanese economy prior to the sustained direct air attach -- The air attack against the Japanese home islands -- Economic effect of the air attack of the Japanese home islands -- The effects of the atomic bomb -- Conclusion -- Recommendations

Physical description: iii, 32 pages : 2 folded maps (including frontispiece) ; 26 cm

Topic: World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Military operations, Aerial