United States Army in the World War II

Há alguns anos atrás, pesquisando alguns livros, tomei conhecimento dos "Green books": uma coleção extensa de livros que o exército americano publicou sobre a sua atuação na Guerra.

O livros abordam os diversos aspectos da participação, desde a preparação e logística, até as campanhas realizadas, contendo também livros sobre assuntos mais técnicos e até mesmo pictoriais.

Até então, eu tinha acesso apenas aos PDF que estavam no ibiblio, faltando alguns volumes.

A pouco tempo tornei a buscar estes livros, e tive a feliz descoberta que a seção de História do Exército Americano disponibilizou todos os livros para download, em PDF: 47.172 páginas, em 79 livros.

Pelo o que pude comparar, os arquivos são os mesmos em termos de qualidade, a diferença é que na ibiblio, os livros vem separados dos mapas, em PDFs diferentes, enquanto que no site do Exército, os mapas estão juntos com os livros (em formatos de páginas diferentes).

Infelizmente nem todos os volumes têm capas coloridas - que são fantásticas - apenas os volumes reeditados na edição comemorativa do 50º aniversário.

Enfim, não estou me aguentando de vontade e acho que irei imprimir todos eles! :-)

Como são a versão "oficial" da participação do Exército Americano na Guerra, alguns autores fazem resalvas ao citar principalmenteos números estimados de baixas que constam neste material, mas eles são fonte bibliográfica certa em quase todas as publicações do assunto.

Abaixo, relaciono os livros da coleção, com os links para download. Boa leitura!

• The War Department
• Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations
• Washington Command Post: The Operations Division
• Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare: 1941-1942
• Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare: 1943-1944
• Global Logistics and Strategy: 1940-1943
• Global Logistics and Strategy: 1943-1945
• The Army and Economic Mobilization
• The Army and Industrial Manpower
• The Army Ground Forces
• The Organization of Ground Combat Troops
• The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops
• The Army Service Forces
• The Organization and Role of the Army Service Forces
• The Western Hemisphere
• The Framework of Hemisphere Defense
• Guarding th United States and Its Outposts
• The War in the Pacific
• Strategy and Command: The First Two Years
• The Fall of the Philippines
• Guadalcanal: The First Offensive
• Victory in Papua
• Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul
• Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls
• Campaign in the Marianas
• The Approach to the Philippines
• Leyte: The Return to the Philippines
• Triumph in the Philippines
• Okinawa: The Last Battle
• The Mediterranean Theater of Operations
• Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West
• Sicily and the Surrender of Italy
• Salerno to Cassino
• Cassino to the Alps
• The European Theater of Operations
• The Supreme Command
• Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume I: May 1941 - September 1944
• Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume II: September 1944 - May 1945
• Cross-Channel Attack
• Breakout and Pursuit
• The Lorraine Campaign
• The Siegfried Line Campaign
• The Ardennes Offensive: Batle of the Bulge
• The Last Offensive
• Riviera to the Rhine
• The Middle East Theater
• The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia
• The China-Burma-India Theater
• Stiwell's Mission to China
• Stiwell's Command Problems
• Time Runs Out in CBI
• The Technical Services
• The Chemical Warfare Service
• Organizing for War
• From Laboratory to Field
• Chemicals in Combat
• The Corps of Engineers
• Troops and Equipment
• Construction in the United States
• The War Against Germany
• The War Against Japan
• The Medical Department
• Hospitalization and Evacuation: Zone of Interior
• Medical Service in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters
• Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations
• Medical Service in the War Against Japan
• The Ordnance Department
• Planning Munitions for War
• Procurement and Supply
• On Beachhead and Battlefront
• The Quartemaster Department
• Organization, Supply, and Services, Volume I
• Organization, Supply, and Services, Volume II
• Operations in the War Against Japan
• Operations in the War Against Germany
• The Signal Corps
• The Emergency (to December 1941)
• The Test (December 1941 to July 1943)
• The Outcome (Mid-1943 through 1945)
• The Transportation Department
• Responsibilities, Organization, and Operations
• Movements, Training, and Supply
• Operation Overseas
• Special Studies
• Chronology: 1941 - 1945
• Buying Aircraft: Material Procurement for the Army Air Forces
• Civil Affairs: Soldiers Become Governors
• The Employment of Negro Troops
• Military Relations Between the United States and Canada: 1939-1945
• Rearming the French
• Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt
• The Women's Army Corps
• United States Army in World War II: Reader's Guide
• Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb
• Pictorial Record
• The War Against Japan
• The War Against Germany and Italy: Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas
• The War Against Germany: Europe and Adjacent Area