Army Air Forces in World War II

Suggested Readings

This booklet has been adapted and edited from the author' s Strike From the Sky: The History of Battlefield Air Attack, 1911-1945: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.
AAF Evaluation Board in the ETO, The Effectiveness of Third Phase Tactical Air Operations in the European Theater, 5 May 1944-May 1945.: Dayton, Ohio: Wright Field, Feb. 1946. Copy in the archives of the U.S. Military History Institute (MHI).
Bayerlein, Fritz. "Panzer-Lehr Division (24-25 Jul 44).": Manuscript A-902. N.p. Historical Division, Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe, n.d.
Bennett, Ralph. Ultra in the West: The Normandy Campaign 1944-45.: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.
Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit, a volume in the series United States Army in World War II: Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1961.
Bradley, Omar N., and Air Effects Committee,12th Army Group. Effect of Air Power on Military Operations, Western Europe.: Weisbaden, Germany: U.S. 12th Army Group Air Branches of G-3 and G-2, July 15, 1945.
Bradley, Omar N., and Clay Blair. A General's Life: An Autobiography.: New York Simon and Schuster, 1983.
Collins, J. Lawton. Lightning Joe: An Autobiography.: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979.
Coningham, Arthur. "The Development of Tactical Air Forces." Journal of the United Services Institute 9 (1946).
Craven, Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. The Army Air Forces in World War 11, Vol.2, Europe: Torch to Pointblank: Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1949.
__________ . The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 3, Europe: Argument to V-E Day.: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951.
Demoulin, Charles. Firebirds! Flying the Typhoon in Action.: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe.: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1948.
_________. Supreme Commander's Dispatch for Operations in Northwest Europe, 6 June - 8 May 1945.: SHAEF, n.d. Document catalogued as D756 A24c c.2 in the MHI library.
Eisenhower, John S.D., Strictly Personal.: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974.
Ellis, Lionel F. Victory in the West. Vol. 1, The Battle of Normandy.: London: HMSO, 1962.
Golley, John. The Day of the Typhoon: Flying with the RAF Tankbusters in Normandy.: Wellingborough, Eng.: Patrick Stephens, 1986.
Hastings, Max. Das Reich: The March of the 2d Panzer Division through France.: New York Jove Books, 1983 ed.
__________. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.
Jacobs, William A. "Tactical Air Doctrine and AAF Close Air Support in the European Theater, 1944-1945.": Aerospace Historian 27, no. 1 (March 1980).
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford. "Air Operations by the A.E.A.F. in N.W. Europe from 15th November, 1943, to 30th September, 1944.": Royal Air Force Quarterly 18, no. 4 (October 1947).
Liddell Hart, B.H. ed., with the assistance of Lucie Maria Rommel, Manfred Rommel, and General Fritz Bayerlein. The Rommel Papers.: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1953.
Mellenthin, F.W. von. Panzer Battles: A Study of The Employment of Armor in the Second World War.: New York: Ballantine Books, 1971 ed.
Murray, Williamson. Luftwaffe.: Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., 1985.
Quesada, Elwood. "Oral History Memoir." An interview by Steve Long and Ralph: Stephenson. MHI Senior Officers' Debriefing Program, n.d. Transcript in the MHI archives.
__________. "Tactical Air Power.": Air University Quarterly Review 1, no.4 (Spring 1948).
Richards, Denis, and Hilary St. George Saunders. Royal Air Force: 1939-1945. Vol. 2, The Fight Avails.: London: HMSO, 1954.
Ruge, Friedrich. Rommel in Normandy: Reminiscences by Friedrich Ruge.: San Rafael, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1979.
Saunders, Hilary St. George. Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Vol 3, The Fight is Won.: London: HMSO, 1954.
Slessor, John. The Central Blue: The Autobiography of Sir John Slessor, Marshal of the RAF.: New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1957.
Steadman, Kenneth A. A Comparative Look at Air-Ground Support Doctrine and Practice in World War II. A Combat Studies Institute Study.: Ft. Leavenworth, Kans.: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Sept. 1, 1982.
Sullivan, John J. "The Botched Air Support of Operation Cobra.": Parameters: The U.S. Army War College Quarterly 18, no. 1 (March 1988).
Tedder, Sir Arthur. With Prejudice: The War Memoirs of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder G.C.B.: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.
Terraine, John. A Time for Courage: The Royal Air Force in the European War, 1939-1945.: New York: Macrnillan Publishing Company, 1985.
U.S.12th Army Group, Battle Experiences.: A large bound collection of the accumulated "lessons learned" reports filed by 12th Army Group. Copy in the MHI library.
U.S. War Department. Field Manual FM 100-20, Command and Employment of Air Power.: Washington, D.C.: GPO, July 21, 1943.
USAAF XII Tactical Air Command HQ. XII Tactical Air Command Tactical Operations: A Report on Phase 3 Operations of the Xll Tactical Air Command for Army Air Forces Evaluation Board European Theater of Operations.: XII TAC HO, 18 April 1945. Copy in the MHI hbrary.
Wolfert, Michael L. "From Acts to Cobra: Evolution of Close Air Support Doctrine in World War Two.": USAF Air Command and Staff College Student Report #88 2800. Maxwell AFB, Ala.: ACSC, April 1988.