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Washington command post: the Operations Division.

Title
Washington command post: the Operations Division.
Author
Cline, Ray S.
Publication
Washington, Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1951.

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Additional Authors
Center of Military History
Description
xvi, 413 p. ports., diagrs.; 26 cm.
Summary
An account of the War Department's principal staff agency that describes the way the members of the Operations Division worked together, defined their responsibilities, and carried out their common aims.
Series Statement
United States Army in World War II: The War Department
Uniform Title
United States Army in World War II. War Department.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Government publications
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes. "Bibliographical note and guide to footnotes": p. [382]-385.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Army high command before Pearl Harbor -- The War Plans Division -- Early interservice and international staff planning -- Developments in 1941 -- Transition into war -- Organizing the high command for World War II -- The new Army command post -- Inside OPD -- Case history : drafting the Bolero plan -- The torch period -- Transition to the later war years -- Midwar international military conferences -- OPD and joint planning (1943-45) -- Controlling troops and matériel -- Links with the overseas theaters -- Military planning and foreign affairs -- Case history : planning the end of the war against Japan -- After OPD.
LCCN
^^^51061201^
OCLC
  • 1251644
  • SCSB-11666392
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library