The Air War Plans Division (AWPD) was an American military organization established to make long-term plans for war. Headed by Harold L. George, the unit...
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military officer, USAAF General Orvil A. Anderson (who had been in the Air War Plans Division) and that only in an advisory capacity. Anderson was the only one...
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Kenneth Walker (general) (category United States Army Air Forces generals of World War II)
World War II, Walker became one of four officers assigned to the Air War Plans Division, which was tasked with developing a production requirements plan for...
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August 1941, the Air War Plans Division of the USAAF produced its plan for a global air strategy, AWPD/1. Formally known as "Annex 2, Air Requirements" to...
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The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army combined forces between air assault infantry and airborne forces based in Alaska....
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101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations...
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The 22nd Infantry Division, which soon became the 22nd Air Landing Division, was a specialized German infantry division in World War II. Its primary method...
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"Bomber Mafia", were grouped together in the Air War Plans Division to produce the two war-winning plans—AWPD-1 and AWPD-42—based on the doctrine of precision...
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as 245 divisions, of which 120 could be deployed in Western Europe, 85 in the Balkans and Middle East, and 40 in the Far East. All war plans assumed...
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cavalry division, an infantry division, an air assault division and an armored division during its existence. The history of the 1st Cavalry Division began...
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