War Plans Division

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military planning organization staff division

The War Plans Division was a key strategic planning branch of the United States Army responsible for developing war plans and military strategy in the early 20th century.

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Surface form	Occurrences
War Department to prepare mobilization plans	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military planning organization ⓘ staff division ⓘ
activeDuring	World War II (early years) NERFINISHED ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivesAt	U.S. National Archives and Records Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1942 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	contingency planning ⓘ joint operations planning ⓘ military strategy ⓘ mobilization planning ⓘ war planning ⓘ
followedBy	Operations Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Operations and Plans Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTask	advise Army leadership on strategic matters ⓘ coordinate Army planning with Navy plans ⓘ develop war plans for the United States Army ⓘ participate in interservice planning bodies ⓘ prepare mobilization and deployment plans ⓘ prepare strategic plans for potential conflicts ⓘ prepare theater war plans ⓘ
headquartersLocation	War Department Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
history	created as part of the 1921 reorganization of the War Department General Staff ⓘ reorganized into the Operations Division in 1942 under General George C. Marshall ⓘ
inception	1921 ⓘ
influencedBy	U.S. Army War College NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableCommander	Albert C. Wedemeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ George C. Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard T. Gerow NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley D. Embick NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph T. McNarney NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas T. Handy NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizationalRole	served as the principal strategic planning staff for the U.S. Army ⓘ
organizationalStructure	comprised several sections responsible for different geographic and functional planning areas ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States Army ⓘ War Department General Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	War College Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	U.S. Army strategic planning prior to U.S. entry into World War II ⓘ development of the Rainbow war plans ⓘ revision of War Plan Orange ⓘ
significantEvent	development of early U.S. global war strategy against the Axis powers ⓘ participation in ABC-1 staff talks with the British in 1941 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Chief of Staff of the United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army General Staff system → includes → War Plans Division ⓘ

National Defense Act of 1920 → requires → War Plans Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: War Department to prepare mobilization plans