S E C R E T                        DECLASSIFIED
                              By Authority of
                                     JCS 927/495-1
                              By DBS Date APR 13 1973
CONDUCT OF THE WAR IN 1943-44.
 
 
Report by the Joint Staff  Planners
 
1. UNITED NATIONS OVERALL OBJECTIVE
    The overall objective of the UNITED NATIONS, in conjunc-
tion with RUSSIA and other Allies, is to bring the war against
GERMANY, JAPAN, and ITALY to a successful conclusion at the
earliest possible date.
 
2. OVERALL STRATEGIC CONCEPT FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR
    a. In cooperation with RUSSIA and other Allies to force
an unconditional surrender of the AXIS in EUROPE.
    b. Simultaneously, in cooperation with other PACIFIC
Powers concerned, to maintain and extend unremitting
pressure against JAPAN with the purpose of continually
reducing her military power and attaining positions from 
which her ultimate unconditional surrender can be forced.
    c. Upon the defeat of the AXIS in EUROPE, in cooperation
with other PACIFIC Powers and, if possible with RUSSIA, to
direct the full resources of the UNITED STATES and GREAT
BRITAIN to force the unconditional surrender of JAPAN. If
however, conditions develop which indicate that the war as
a whole can be brought more quickly to a successful con-
clusion by the earlier mounting of a major offensive against
JAPAN, the strategical concept set forth herein may be
reversed.
 
3.    OPERATIONS IN THE ATLANTIC AND EUROPEAN AFRICAN AREAS
       a. Secure the lines of communications in the ATLANTIC
by defeating the U-Boat and removing other threats to
these sea communications.
 
       b. European area
 
     (1) Conduct a full scale assault from the UNITED KINGDOM
 
against the Continent in the spring of 1944.
 
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