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"This work offers an insightful look into the performance of the French Air Force during the Battle of France in the spring of 1940. It explains how the bureaucratic and political struggles France experienced in the 1930s left its military unprepared for the combined-arms blitzkrieg of the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht. The book shows that poor military leadership combined with the French Army's control of the FAF hampered effective air-ground integration, perpetuated distrust of French intelligence services, and handcuffed the FAF from pursuing an independent bombing role. The author further argues that the tenacious FAF nevertheless generated sufficient losses upon the Luftwaffe that helped hinder German airpower during the Battle of Britain and beyond"--
"This work offers an insightful look into the performance of the French Air Force during the Battle of France in the spring of 1940. It explains how the bureaucratic and political struggles France experienced in the 1930s left its military unprepared for the combined-arms blitzkrieg of the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht. The book shows that poor military leadership combined with the French Army's control of the FAF hampered effective air-ground integration, perpetuated distrust of French intelligence services, and handcuffed the FAF from pursuing an independent bombing role. The author further argues that the tenacious FAF nevertheless generated sufficient losses upon the Luftwaffe that helped hinder German airpower during the Battle of Britain and beyond"--
Über den Autor
By James F. Slaughter III
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781682477946
ISBN-10: 1682477940
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Slaughter, James F.
Hersteller: Naval Institute Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: James F. Slaughter
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,6 kg
Artikel-ID: 132442468

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