Airpower Over the Rhine - Slaughter, James F
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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…mehr

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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"--
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Autorenporträt
James F. Slaughter III is a course designer and adjunct professor at Norwich University in Vermont. He holds multiple degrees in history and education, including a PhD in history from the University of Wolverhampton, and has published a number of pieces on the history of World War II in Europe. His primary interests are France and Germany from 1870 to 1945, with an emphasis on the development of doctrine and security policy and the interaction of society and government. He resides in South Charleston, West Virginia, with his wife, son, and the family dog.