FOREWORD . . 7
PREFACE ...OR SO... . . 9

CHAPTER I - MILITARY-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE ALLIED AID TO THE UPRISING IN PREPARATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE PERIOD OF 1942-1944. BEFORETHE OUTBREAK OF THE SLOVAK NATIONAL UPRISING 
1. The Czechoslovak military projects and the British aid limits in 1942-1943 . . 15
2. The USA - the possible alternative aid . . 17
3. The Benes military plan of the uprising and his idea of the defence of Slovakia in the hands of the Soviet experts . . 17
4. Critical analysis of the military plan of the uprising by the Red Army General Staff and their predestination of partisan warfare . . 25
5. The contribution of NKVD to the acceptance of the partisan movement predestination . . 27
6. Effort of the Czechoslovak Exile Government to secure British, Soviet and American aid to the uprising in 1944 . . 33
7. The Soviet response to the Golian military plan of the uprising . . 37
PHOTOGRAPHS CHAPTER I . . 40

CHAPTER II - ALLIED AID OF THE USA AND GREAT BRITAIN TO THE RESISTANCE AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SLOVAK NATIONAL UPRISING . . 49
1. Slovak National Uprising- A part of the European anti-fascist resistance . . 49
2. Establishment and roles of SOE and OSS, The birth of the 15th AAF and its tasks . . 51
3. The 15th AAF activities and their area of operations . . 57
4. Importance of a radar equipment for the 15th AAF combat operations . . 57
5. Joint bombing offensive of the 15th AAF and the 8th AAF . . 61
6. Bombing of strategic targets - the highest priority for the 15th AAF . . 63
7. Extension of aerial operations into the rear of occupied Europe in 1944 affected the Slovak territory . . 63
8. Bombing the Apollo refinery on 16 June 1944 . . 65 
9. Attacks on Devinska Nova Ves, Dubnica nad/Vahom and the Dubova refinery . . 67
10. Arrival of the American intelligence team OSS to the Tri Duby airfield and their activities within the insurgent territory . . 69
11. The Marshalling yard of Vrutky and Malacky-Novy Dvor airfield - the 15th AAF bombers'primary targets . . 79
12. Tragedy of the OSS mission in Slovakia . . 81
13. The British military intelligence mission SOE in Slovakia, arrival of its reinforcements . . 83
14. Why the Slovak National Council (SNR) delegation in London failed in their attempt to secure aid for the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) . . 89
15. 15th AAF operational units and their strategic bombing offensive since the summer of 1944 till the end of the war . . 93
16. The 15th AAF on the European Battlefield - Statistics the United States Strategic Bombing Survey . . 99
PHOTOGRAPHS CHAPTER II . . 110

DOCUMENTS . . 214
GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS . . 316
MAPS, CHARTS . . 321