Название: The Struggle for Air Force Independence, 1943 - 1947
Автор: Herman S. Wolk
Издательство: Air Force History and Museums Program
Страниц: 428
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 мб
Качество: хорошее
Язык: Английский
Год: 1984
World War II marked a climax in the long struggle of the Army airmen to establish an independent Air Force. In Europe and the Pacific, the United States Army Air Forces made impressive contributions to the Allied war effort; mounting massive strategic bombing campaigns against enemy industry and transportation targets as well as supporting major invasions and action on the ground. Yet amid the turbulence of war, key military planners were already considering what types of organizations and force structure would be needed in peacetime. They were determined to build a permanent military establishment capable of defending America's interests by deterring war among the world powers.