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1 Edward S. Miller, War Plan Orange: the U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991), p.14.
2 Miller, p.21-22, 24.
3 Miller, p.33-36.
(1) Steven T. Ross (ed.), American War Plans, 1919-1941, vol.2 (New York: Garland Publishers, 1992), p.125-126. (2) Miller, p.4-5, 31-32.
• Ernest J. King & Walter Muir Whitehill, Fleet Admiral King, A Naval Record (New York: WW Norton & Co., Inc., 1952), p.432. The JCS was the military committee that directed the war on the American side.
6 Charles F. Romanus & Riley Sunderland, Stilwell's Command Problems, 1956 of U.S. Army in World War II: the China-Burma-India Theater, (pt. Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1976), p.10.
7 Christopher M. Bell, "Our Most Exposed Outpost: Hong Kong and British Far Eastern Strategy, 1921-1941," The Journal of Military History, 60 (January 1996), p.65.
• Colonel Lindsay T. Ride, "Memorandum on the Liberation of Prisoners-of-War, Hong Kong," 30 Sep 43, p.11-13; Series 2/33, BAAG (British Army Aid Group) Correspondence Concerning Operations, September 1942-November 1943; Personal Papers of Sir Lindsay Tasman Ride (microform); Canberra, ACT: Australian War Memorial, 2001 (hereinafter known as the Ride Papers).
* Unless otherwise noted, information for this section was collected from Weather Information Branch, HQ, USAAF, R&A Report #71087, "Climate of Hong Kong (China)," October 1943; Intelligence Reports ("Regular Series"), 1941-1945; Research and Analysis Branch Division; Records of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), RG226; National Archives (NA), Washington, DC.
10 Later, it was reported that an all-weather road ran from Hong Kong to Canton, and the Japanese had improved other roads nearby to the same capacity. See "G-2 Estimates of the Following Places: Haiphong-Liuchow Peninsula-Hainan Island-Hong Kong-Swatow-Amoy-Foochow-Santuao-Wenchow-Hangchow Bay Region-Laoyao-Chingtao-and the Tip of the Shantung Peninsula to Include Wei Hai Wei," 17 Feb 45, p.5; Ch.7-Intelligence, Correspondence, 1945, Folder
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1 Edward S. Miller, War Plan Orange: the U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan
(Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991), p.14.
2 Miller, p.21-22, 24.
3 Miller, p.33-36.
(1) Steven T. Ross (ed.), American War Plans, 1919-1941, vol.2 (New York: Garland Publishers, 1992), p.125-126. (2) Miller, p.4-5, 31-32.
• Ernest J. King & Walter Muir Whitehill, Fleet Admiral King, A Naval Record (New York: WW Norton & Co., Inc., 1952), p.432. The JCS was the military committee that directed the war on the American side.
6 Charles F. Romanus & Riley Sunderland, Stilwell's Command Problems, 1956 of U.S. Army in World War II: the China-Burma-India Theater, (pt. Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1976), p.10.
7 Christopher M. Bell, "Our Most Exposed Outpost: Hong Kong and British Far Eastem Strategy, 1921-1941," The Journal of Military History, 60 (January 1996), p.65.
• Colonel Lindsay T. Ride, "Memorandum on the Liberation of Prisoners-of-War, Hong Kong," 30 Sep 43, p.11-13; Series 2/33, BAAG (British Army Aid Group) Correspondence Concerning Operations, September 1942-November 1943; Per sonal Papers of Sir Lindsay Tasman Ride (microform); Canberra, ACT: Austra lian War Memorial, 2001 (hereinafter known as the Ride Papers).
* Unless otherwise noted, information for this section was collected from Weather Information Branch, HQ, USAAF, R&A Report #71087, "Climate of Hong Kong (China)," October 1943; Intelligence Reports ("Regular Series"), 1941-1945; Research and Analysis Branch Division; Records of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), RG 226; National Archives (NA), Washington, DC.
1o Later, it was reported that an all-weather road ran from Hong Kong to Canton, and the Japanese had improved other roads nearby to the same capacity. See "G-2 Estimates of the Following Places: Haiphong-Liuchow Peninsula-Hainan Island-Hong Kong-Swatow-Amoy-Foochow-Santuao-Wenchow-Hangchów Bay Region-Laoyao-Chingtao-and the Tip of the Shantung Peninsula to Include Wei Hai Wei," 17 Feb 45, p.5; Ch.7-Intelligence, Correspondence, 1945, Folder
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