As planned, military action in the U. S. Commonwealth of the
Philippine Isles would be in consonance with the 1935 U. S. WAR
PLAN ORANGE, Revision 3 (WPO-3). When war threatened in the Pacific
theater, WPO-3 was amended in 1941 as a result of the Placentia
Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland meeting between United States President
Franklin Roosevelt and Great Britain Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, and their respective War Staffs. This revision, renamed
RAINBOW 5, included military and naval forces of Australia, Great
Britain, The Netherlands (Dutch), and the United States (America)
(ABDA) in a mutual defense pact. War Plan Rainbow 5 provided
detailed, precise instructions the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy in the
Pacific Theater would execute in the event of hostilities with
Japan. If it appeared hostilities were imminent, the President of
the United States, Commander-in-Chief of all U. S. military and
naval forces, would order execution of Phase One, RAINBOW 5. Phase
One explicitly ordered the U.S. Army Air Force (FEAF),
headquartered at Nielson Field, Manila, subordinate to the U.S.
Army Far East Command (USAFFE), The Philippines, to send one Boeing
B-17D Flying Fortress on a high altitude photo-reconnaissance
mission over Japanese military targets in and around the island of
Formosa. At the same time, the U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet, except
submarines, gunboats, PT boats, harbor vessels, and shore command,
would depart for agreed upon ports in Java, Borneo, Celebes, and
Singapore. (The U.S. Army Air Force was created on June 20, 1941,
but elements of the U.S. Army Air Corps remained intact until 1947
when both USAAF and USAAC were abolished and the U.S. Air Force
(USAF) was born. I decided to use USAAF throughout this book.)
General
Imprint: |
Trafford Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
November 2012 |
Authors: |
Mark Douglas
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Dimensions: |
279 x 210 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
294 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4669-6906-3 |
Categories: |
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Humanities >
History >
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LSN: |
1-4669-6906-7 |
Barcode: |
9781466969063 |
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