Air Power and Armies.

Air Power and Armies.

Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen. He played a significant role in building the World War II Anglo-American air power partnership as an air planner on the Royal Air Force Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff, and the Combined Chiefs of Staf...

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Main Author: Slessor, Sir John Cotesworth
Other Authors: Meilinger, Phillip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Subjects:
1914-1918
Air power > Great Britain > History.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, British.
Aeronautics, Military > Great Britain.
Aeronautics, Military
Air power
Military operations, Aerial > British
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Contents; Part I. Air Superiority; I. The Object; II. The Main Offensive; III. The Supplementary Offensive. The Destruction or Neutralization of Enemy Air Forces; IV. The Supplementary Offensive (contd.); Part II. The Selection of Objectives; V. Strategic Concentration; VI. Fighting Troops and Supply; VII. Air Attack on Communications; Part III. The Battle of Amiens, August 8th-11th, 1918; VIII. The Story of the Battle; IX. The R.A.F. in the Battle
  • The Air Plan; X. The R.A.F. in the Battle (contd.)
  • Tactical Concentration; Part IV. Conclusions; XI. The Third Revolution.

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