The plan was commissioned by a February 12, 1944 memorandum from F. L. Anderson (Deputy Commander, Operations) to include the following "By command of
Lieutenant General SPAATZ": :a. Summary of the Status of the
CBO :b. Study of Possible Target systems and Operational Policies. :c. Study of the Possibilities of Heavy Bomber Participation in Direct Support of OVERLORD. :d. Plans Supplementing the Combined Bomber Offensive Plan: ::(1) For continuing the Strategic Air Offensive after destruction of
GAF production. ::(2) And for simultaneous support of
OVERLORD in so far as conditions warrant at the moment. … Spaatz (commander of the USAAF Eight Air Force) presented the plan to General
Henry H. Arnold (Chief of the USAAF) on March 5, 1944. The plan stated that the operations to bring the German fighter force into a battle of attrition (
operation Pointblank) instead of targeting industry "can best be achieved by attacks on objectives which are so vital to the German War Machine that they must defend them with everything they have, or face the rapid reduction of their military forces to impotence." After the British
Ministry of Economic Warfare and the U.S. Petroleum
Attache endorsed the plan on March 6;
Dwight D. Eisenhower decided on March 25, 1944, that the six months for priority bombing of oil facilities to have an effect on
Operation Overlord was too long and instead, railway targets became the highest priority. This was carried out under the
Transportation Plan. ==Results of the plan adoption==