Notes on landing DD tanks with Normandy and Pacific operations in mind.
"Appendix A" to unknown document. Concerns difficulties of DD tanks, including friendly fire and beach conditions.
Excerpts from two reports emphasizing the need for DD tanks with the assault waves, citing US experience at Omaha on D-Day.
Accounts of the landings by members of Provisional Engineer Group V Corps, 115th Infantry Regiment, 49th AA Artillery Brigade, 7th Corps, 116th Infantry Regiment, 16th Infantry Regiment, and 501st Para Battalion.
German account of the D-Day landings in Normandy with suggestions on coastal defense.
Overview of air effort, naval fire before and during assault, beach obstacles and lessons learned for Utah and Omaha beaches.
Report on pre-invasion air bombardment in the British sector, its effectiveness in neutralizing beach defenses and the possibility that damage hampered the Allied advance inland. With many specific examples, photos and diagrams of German casemates, bunkers, and other defensive positions.
Outline of observations taken on air operations, including bombardment and supply drops.
ORS Report No. S. 36. Report of ORS observations of close support bombing in SE Asia January - February 1945 . Particulars of attacks, including detailed reports of attacks on Kayause, Ywathitgyi, and Monywa.
Observations and accounts by infantry units based on visit to Caen on 12 July by authors, plus A.V.M. Oxland, Lucas, Colonel Hobbs, and Major Bennet. With analysis and figures on bomb types, timing, duration and intensity, targets, and air-ground coordination.
Overview of types of air operations in Greece between 5 December 1944 to 15 January 1945.
Report on effectiveness, accuracy, and air-ground communications involved in rocket attacks in support of ground forces engaged in street fighting. Based on urban combat encountered by British and Greek troops from 5 December 1945 to 15 January 1945.
Report Nos. N.33 and 36. Analysis of bombing efforts by 12th US Army Air Force July - November 1944 with figures and tables, [and] air measures against enemy artillery in 8th Army sector in Italy, October - December 1944, with figures and tables.
Summary of 4 weeks of combat using a P-51 B type aircraft, with conclusions on ammunition, vulnerability to German aircraft, differences in combat results, pilot errors and rates of destruction
Copies of a questionnaire used to obtain data on the effectiveness of the various types of air support given to the Army in the field.