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Two roads to war : the French and British air arms from Versailles to Dunkirk / Robin Higham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higham, Robin, 1925-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, French.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
- Air power--France--History--20th century.
- Air power.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
- Air power--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 p.)
- Other Title:
- French and British air arms from Versailles to Dunkirk
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Two Roads to 1940 is a comparative study of the French and British air arms, from 1918 to 10 May 1940. Higham seeks the answer to the question ?Why was the Armée de l'Air defeated in June 1940 whereas the Royal Air Force won the Battle Over Britain in September?"To reach a conclusion, the structure, the men and matériel, the government, and the economic infrastructure were analyzed. The story reveals that the French, dominated by the Armée de l'Terre, was hypnotized by ?1918"; in contrast, the independent RAF evolved in the interwar years into a sophisticated, scientifical
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Legacies of World War I
- pt. 2. The interwar years, 1918-1934
- pt. 3. The road to war, 1932-1940
- pt. 4. War, 1938-1940.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-085-X
- OCLC:
- 795120049
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