HIST 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Royal Flying Corps, Independent Air Force, Hugh Trenchard, 1St Viscount Trenchard
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Tactical air power is air power intended to support surface campaigns o. Argued that air power could replace surface operations. Combined arms reformers who wanted to restore mobility to the land war. Most famous tactical aviation doctrine to emerge is blitzkrieg. Step 1: attack (3 to 1 ratio is best) Enemy is left surrounded so that they have to attack you. Trenchard, douher and, billy mitchell all argued that strategic air power was the way to go: hugh trenchard. Was the chief of the air staff under the air council. Led to the creation of the royal air force on april 1st 1918. Feuded with lord rothermere (the minister of air) but prevailed in 1918 when. Developed independent air force (independent of land operations) Not a great writer, ideas probably written for them. Recalled to active duty in ww2: giulio douhet. Technical university in turin to study science and engineering.
