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History BranchReady to Mobilize, Part 1 Ready to Mobilize, Part 2, Victory Winning Team Ready or Not...Naval Aviation's Aircraft and Ships on the Eve of Pearl Harbor The Neutrality Patrol: To Keep Us Out of World War II, Part 1 The Neutrality Patrol: To Keep Us Out of World War II, Part 2 Aviation Training and Expansion, Part 1 Aviation Training and Expansion, Part 2 Wings of Victory, Prewar Technical Development, Part 1 Wings of Victory, Technical Development During WW II, Part 2 Wings of Victory, Part 3 Organization of Naval Aviation in World War II Aviation Ordnance 1939-1941 The Pacific Neutrality Patrol "This is No Drill." U.S. Naval Aviation and Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Wake Island--A Gallant Defense The Early Carrier Raids: Proving Japanese Vulnerability The Battle of Coral Sea Do the Best We Can with What We have (Battle of Midway) Patrol Aviation in the Pacific in WW II, Part 1 Patrol Aviation in the Pacific in WW II, Part 2 Naval Aviation in Operation Torch Guadalcanal: Trial by Fire, Part 1 Guadalcanal: Trial by Fire, Part 2 Combat Art in WW II Fighter Tactics in WW II Fleet Carrier Combat Operations, 1943 to 1944 Solomon Islands Campaign: The Isolation of Rabaul Island Hopping in WW II: From the Gilberts to the Marshals Island Hopping in WW II: The Marianas Invasion! Fortress Europe--Naval Aviation in France, Summer 1944 The Kamikazes: Japanese Suicide Units Victory at Leyte Gulf Patrol Aviation in the Atlantic in World War II Back to the Philippines, Part 1 Back to the Philippines, Part 2 Technical Development in World War II From Autos to Aircraft: General Motors' WW II conversion to Wildcats and Avengers The Largest Invasion...That Never Was In the Wake of Victory
NOTE: This collection of articles has been out of print for many years and paper copies are no longer available through the Naval Aviation History Branch or the Government Printing Office. This electronic version has been placed on the Naval Historical Center's homepage because it is an excellent reference source for information about Naval Aviation in World War II. The document is also available on CD-ROM. See the Origins, General Information and Publications page for the Naval Aviation History Branch on how to order the CD-ROM.
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