Air Wars 1920-1939

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The Development and Evolution of Fighter Tactics

By Philip Macdougall

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Air Wars 1920-1939 by Philip Macdougall examines the interwar period when military aviation underwent significant advancements. This historical analysis explores the development of air power strategies and technologies by various nations, highlighting the impact these changes had on global politics and military tactics leading up to World War II. The narrative provides insights into the evolving role of aircraft and air forces, shedding light on their influence during this transformative era.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the development of aviation technology and military strategy between the two World Wars. This exploration reveals the political and technical challenges that shaped the air forces of the era, highlighting key innovations and events that set the stage for aerial warfare in World War II.

Air Wars 1920-1939

Ethiopia (1935-6), Spain (1936-9), China (1937 onwards), Mongolia (1939), Finland (1939-40) France (1939-40) were the testing grounds for the aerial fighter tactics of World War Two and even today. In a subject rarely looked at in depth the author explores the lessons learnt, the means by which information was collected and subsequently used.

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Spain (1936-9), China (1937 onwards), Mongolia (1939), Finland (1939-40) and France (1939-40) were a testing ground for a new approach to air tactics with western democracies and totalitarian states analyzing the resulting lessons.

Attention in Air Wars 1920-1939: The Development and Evolution of Fighter Tactics is given to the means by which intelligence on aerial tactics was collected and why it was not always fully absorbed, resulting in many nations having to relearn the same lessons at the outset of the Second World War.

Finland, during the Winter War, while not involved in Spain or any other air war of the time, better applied the lessons being learned than that of the Soviet Union, which had been directly involved in air wars fought over China, Mongolia and Spain.

In the case of Britain, not only were the lessons of Spain ignored, but so too that of its own experimental fighter unit, the AFDE (Air Fighting Development Establishment) that had been formed in 1934 and which was reinforcing the intelligence received from those real air war conflicts.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781555200

Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd

Audience: General / adult

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Pages: 204

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Education & Reference History & Military Military History Non-Fiction Philip Macdougall

About the Author

A graduate of the University of Lancaster and former lecturer at the University of Kent, Philip MacDougall has written extensively on the theme of nations preparing for war, delving into inter-war aviation records, looking at various air wars and how different nations interpreted the tactical lessons resulting from those conflicts. MacDougall has edited Kent Airfields in the Battle of Britain (Meresborough Books) and has written many articles and books on military aviation as well as naval support facilities.