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It was not undertaken partly because it was believed that the German power grid was highly developed and that losses in one area could be compensated by switching power from another. This assumption, detailed investigation by the Survey had established, was incorrect . The German electric power situation was in fact in a precarious condition from the beginning of the war and became more precarious as the war progressed ; this fact is confirmed by statements of a large number of German officials, by confidential 33 memoranda of the National Load Dispatcher, and secret minutes of the Central Planning Committee .

While the stubborn defense of the captured perimeter was undermining American determination to support the war, the Japanese would speedily extract bauxite, oil, rubber and metals from Malaya, Burma, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, 51 ship these materials to Japan for processing, to sustain and -ngthen her industrial and military machine. g . The weakness of the United States as a democracy would make it impossible for her to continue all-out offensive action in the face of the losses which would be imposed by fanatically resisting Japanese soldiers, sailors and airmen, and the elimination of its Allies .

The aerial warfare against Germany forced the German military and civilian authorities to recognize that national health and medical problems were a joint responsibility . The destruction of hospital equipment, pharmaceutical production, and medical supplies, incident to area raids, forced a dispersal of medical supply installations and the removal of hospitals from city to suburban and country sites . This program came in late 1943 at a time when air raids on cities were causing increased casualties among civilians and resulted in shortages in ether, plasters, serums, textiles, and other medical supplies .