Strategic bombing survey
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The United States Strategic Bombing Survey (SBS) was a board[1] tasked with examination and analysis of the United States' involvement in the World War II. Its primary purpose was to determine the effectiveness of Allied, and more specifically American, strategic bombing campaigns in Europe and in Asia against the Axis powers.[2] Other areas covered were medical treatment of casualties, intelligence/counterintelligence, and war production and distribution. The SBS consisted of more than 1,000 individuals.[2] Although two-thirds of them were military,[2] the research organization was not affiliated to any armed service, but established by US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and chaired by a civilian, Franklin D'Olier.[3]
The result were 208 volumes of reports on the Europe and another 108 for the Pacific theater,[2] comprising tens of thousands of pages. Published in 1945-1947, they presented many details gathered by the careful on-site investigations done in 1944-1945. The Surveys remain an excellent source of detailed information about Axis war production.[2]
The reports' conclusions were generally favorable about the contributions of Allied strategic bombing towards victory,[2] calling it "decisive".
After completing Strategic Bombing Survey (Europe), most of the researches moved to Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific War), that also researched the effect of American atomic attacks.[3]
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[edit] See also
- Aerial bombing of cities
- Area bombardment
- Carpet bombing
- Civilian casualties of strategic bombing
- Technology during World War II
- John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the members
[edit] References
- ^ Hansell, Haywood S; Office Of Air Force History, United States. Air Force (1986-06). The strategic air war against Germany and Japan: A memoir. pp. 294. ISBN 9780912799391. http://books.google.com/books?id=sKPZeHXyZY0C&lpg=PA116&dq=inauthor%3A%22United%20States%22%20%22Strategic%20bombing%20survey%22&pg=PA294#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ a b c d e f Boyne, Walter J (2002-06-30). Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia: M-Z. pp. 665–666. ISBN 9781576073452. http://books.google.com/books?id=FW_50wm8VnMC.
- ^ a b Gentile, Gian P (2001). How effective is strategic bombing?: Lessons learned from World War II to Kosovo. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9780814731352. http://books.google.com/books?id=ileEUxbAizAC&lpg=PA104&dq=%22Strategic%20Bombing%20Survey%22%20atomic&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[edit] Further reading
- Wesley F. Craven and Cate James Lea. The Army Air Forces in World War II. 8 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948–1958. Official AAF history.
- Lee Kennett. A History of Strategic Bombing. New York: Scribner's, 1982.
- Alan J. Levine, The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945 (1992)
- Alfred Mierzejewski. The Collapse of the German War Economy, 1944–1945. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Over-All Report (European War) . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945.
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Defeat of the German Air Force. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947.
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Effects of Strategic Bombing on German Transportation. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947.
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Effects of Strategic Bombing on the German War Economy. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945.
- Sir Charles Webster and Noble Frankland. The Strategic Air Offensive against Germany. 4 vols. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961. Official British history.
- Morale Division, United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Effect of Bombing on Health and Medical Care In Germany. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947.
[edit] External links
- Summary of Strategic Bombing Survey (European War)
- Summary of Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific War)
- Summary of Strategic Bombing Survey (Atomic attacks)
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific)
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Europe)
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey Reports
- A reprint of the Summary Report is available from the US Air Force's Air University Press website [1]
- Organization of U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific)National Diet Library
- The Effect of Bombing on Health and Medical Care In Germany (U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Morale Division)
