United States
Strategic Bombing Survey
SUMMARY REPORT
(European War)
September 30, 1945

Table of Contents

• Foreword

• Summary Report

• The German Strategic Plan

• The German War Economy

• The Allied Strategic Plan

• Early Air Operations - City Area Raids

• The First Daylight Operations

• The Ball Bearing Attack

• The Attack on German Aircraft Plants

• The Defeat of the German Air Force

• The Attack on Oil

• Further Dividends from the Oil Attack

• Steel

• The Secondary Campaigns

• The Attack on Railways and Waterways

• Electric Power

• The Civilians

• Conclusion

• Some Signposts

• Of the Future