An Army Air Corps Test of Strategic Air Power: Operation MATTERHORN And the B-29 Superfortress

Abstract

The Army Air Corps played a pivotal role in bringing Nazi Germany to her knees through strategic bombing. General H. Arnold believed that strategic bombing alone could bring about strategic victory, saving lives of ground forces. General Arnold viewed the newly fielded B-29 "Superfortress", with its exponential increase in bombing capability, and the Pacific theater as an acceptable "proving ground" to test his theory. This paper examines the thesis that strategic bombing at various centers of gravity was contributory but not singularly responsible for war termination. Strategic bombing was one of many components of the total Allied war machine that defeated Imperial Japan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378204

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Adams

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Bombing
  • Command And Control
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Military Operations
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.