The United States Strategic Bombing Survey was established by the
Secretary of War on November 3, 1944, pursuant to a directive from
the late President Roosevelt. The Table of Organization provided
for 300 civilians, 350 officers and 500 enlisted men. The Survey
operated from headquarters in London and established forward
headquarters and regional headquarters in Germany immediately
following the advance of the Allied armies. It made a close
examination and inspection of several hundred German plants, cities
and areas, amassed volumes of statistical and documentary material,
including top German government documents; and conducted interviews
and interrogations of thousands of Germans, including virtually all
of the surviving political and military leaders. Germany was
scoured for its war records, which were found sometimes, but
rarely, in places where they out to have been; sometimes in
safe-deposit vaults, often in private houses, in barns, in caves;
on one occasion, in a hen house, and on two occasions, in coffins.
Targets in Russian-held territory were not available to the Survey.
Some two hundred details reports were made, including an Over-all
Report, of which this is a summary. During the course of its work,
the Survey rendered interim reports and submitted studies and
suggestions in connection with their air operations against Japan.
While the European War was going on, it was necessary, in many
cases, to follow closely behind the front; otherwise, vital records
might have been irretrievably lost. Survey personnel suffered
several casualties, including four killed.
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