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British Imperial Air Power
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Author : Alex M Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-15
British Imperial Air Power written by Alex M Spencer and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with History categories.
British Imperial Air Power examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. It also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain. Following World War I, both Dominions sought greater independence in defense and foreign policy. Public aversion to military matters and the economic dislocation resulting from the war and later the Depression left little money that could be provided for their respective air forces. As a result, the Empire’s air services spent the entire interwar period attempting to create a strategy in the face of these handicaps. In order to survive, the British Empire’s military air forces offered themselves as a practical and economical third option in the defense of Britain’s global Empire, intending to replace the Royal Navy and British Army as the traditional pillars of imperial defense.
Air Power And Colonial Control
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Author : David E. Omissi
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1990
Air Power And Colonial Control written by David E. Omissi and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Between the world wars the main task of the RAF was to crush tribal rebellions against British rule. This study, based almost entirely on unpublished documents, shows how the independent peacetime role of air policing ensured the survival of the RAF during the lean financial times after WWI. Its analysis of rebellion and imperial violence is of interest to a broad audience. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Beginnings Of Strategic Air Power
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Author : Neville Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
The Beginnings Of Strategic Air Power written by Neville Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with History categories.
Using official records, the author traces the origins and early development of strategic bombing, and examines its organs in the operations and staff planning of the First World War. The experiences of the First World War should have been a valuable legacy to those who devised the 'counter offensive' strategy in the years between the war. Unfortunately the lessons learnt were soon forgotten and many of the operational and technical problems which the planners had begun to tackle in 1918 were not even seen to exist by the Air Staff during the 1920s and early 1930s.
Early Naval Air Power
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Author : Dennis Haslop
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-01-03
Early Naval Air Power written by Dennis Haslop and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-03 with History categories.
This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine. This work provides new insights as to how two naval air services were influenced by internal and political interventions, and how each was integrated into the organizational structures of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserlichemarine (KM). Both the Admiralty and the KM made substantial alterations to their organizations and doctrine in the process. Principal air doctrines employed are examined chronologically and the application of operational doctrine is described. While they adopted similar air doctrines, there were differences in operational doctrine, which they addressed according to their different requirements. This book is a comparative study about the development of organization and air power doctrine in the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) and the IGNAS (Imperial German Naval Air Service). It investigates public and political interventions and early concepts of air power, placing into context the factors which contributed to how naval theorists came to think about the best means of controlling its working medium, air space. Ultimately, it examines the similarities, and differences, between the RNAS and IGNAS understanding of naval air power, within the broader strategic and theoretical framework of their parent organizations. This book will be of great interest to students of air power, naval power, military history, strategic studies and IR in general.
The Impact Of Air Power On The British People And Their Government 1909 14
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Author : Alfred M. Gollin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Impact Of Air Power On The British People And Their Government 1909 14 written by Alfred M. Gollin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
British Air Policy Between The Wars 1918 1939
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Author : Harford Montgomery Hyde
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Release Date : 1976
British Air Policy Between The Wars 1918 1939 written by Harford Montgomery Hyde and has been published by Heinemann Educational Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.
Airlines At War
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Author : Air World Books
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-01-30
Airlines At War written by Air World Books and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with History categories.
The brave efforts of the pilots and crew of the RAF during the Second World War are well-known but there was another body of aviators that played a significant role in the conflict the men and women of the civilian airlines.The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was formed shortly after the outbreak of war in November 1939 by the amalgamation of Imperial Airways and British Airways. During the war BOAC operated as directed by the Secretary of State for Air, initially as the transport service for the RAF and with no requirement to act commercially. The inaugural BOAC had eighty-two aircraft, a large proportion of which were seaplanes and flying boats. With 54,000 miles of air routes over many parts of the world, ranging from the Arctic to South Africa, from the Atlantic coast of America to the eastern coast of India, the aircraft of the BOAC kept wartime Britain connected with its colonies and the free world, often under enemy fire. Over these routes, carrying mail, cargo and personnel, the men and machines of BOAC flew in the region of 19,000,000 miles a year.There can rarely have been a moment, throughout the war, when aircraft of the British merchant air service were not flying somewhere along the routes, despite losses from enemy action. This book explores much of their war history between 1939 and 1944 (the year that marked the 25th anniversary of British commercial aviation), something of their lives and their achievements in linking up the battlefronts at times cut off from any direct land or sea contacts with the Home Front and in transporting supplies through the new, dangerous and often uncharted regions of the air. With the Speedbird symbol or the Union Flag emblazoned on its aircraft the BOAC really did fly the flag for Britain throughout the wartime world.
Air Empire
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Author : Gordon Pirie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Air Empire written by Gordon Pirie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Aeronautics, Commercial categories.
Air empire is a fresh study of civil aviation as a tool of late British imperialism. The first pioneering flights across the British empire in 1919-20 were flag-waving adventures that recreated an era of plucky British maritime exploration and conquest. Britain's development of international air routes and services was approved, organised and celebrated largely in London; there was some resistance in and beyond the subordinate colonies and dominions. Negotiating the financing and geopolitics of regular commercial air service delayed its inception until the 1930s. Technological, managerial and logistical problems also meant that Britain was slow into the air and slow in the air. Propaganda concealed underperformance and criticism. The study uses archival sources, biographies, industry magazines and newspapers to chronicle the disputed progress toward air empire. The rhetoric behind imperial air service offers a glimpse of late imperial hopes, fears, attitudes and style. Empire air service had emotional appeal and symbolic value, but disappointed in practice.
Air Power In The Age Of Total War
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Author : John Buckley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-05-09
Air Power In The Age Of Total War written by John Buckley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-09 with History categories.
Warfare in the first half of the 20th century was fundamentally and irrovocably altered by the birth and subsequent development of air power. This work assesses the role of air power in changing the face of battle on land and sea. Utilizing late-1990s research, the author demonstrates that the phenomenon of air power was both a cause and a crucial accelerating factor contributing to the theory and practice of total war. For instance, the expansion of warfare to the homefront was a direct result of bombing and indirectly due to the extent of national economic mobilization required to support first rate air power status. In addition, the move away from the principle of total war with the onset of the Cold War and the replacement of air power by ICBMs is thoroughly examined. This work should provide students of international history, war studies, defence and strategic studies with an insight into 20th-century warfare.
Air Power
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Author : Robin Higham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Air Power written by Robin Higham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Transportation categories.