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Unflinching Zeal - The Air Battles Over France and Britain, May–October 1940 (Hardcover)
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Unflinching Zeal - The Air Battles Over France and Britain, May–October 1940 (Hardcover)
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The main purpose and theme of The Air Battles of 1940 Over France
and Britain is to show how realistic assessments of strengths and
losses of both sides are an absolute necessity for commanders in
addition to their understanding of the principles of war, the
assets and limitations of air power, and their comprehension of
production, supply, and sustainability.
This consequential work by a pioneer aviation historian fills a
significant lacuna in the story of the defeat of France in May-June
1940 and more fully explains the Battle of Britain of July-October
of that year and the influence it had on the Luftwaffe in the 1941
invasion of the USSR.
Robin Higham approaches the subject by sketching the story and
status of the three air forces?the Armee de l'Air, the Luftwaffe,
and the Royal Air Force?their organization and preparation for
their battles. He then dissects the the campaigns, their losses and
replacement policies and abilities. He paints the struggles of
France and Britain from both the background provided by his recent
Two Roads to War: From Versailles to Dunkirk (NIP, 2012) and from
the details of losses tabulated by After the Battle's The Battle of
Britain (1982, 2nd ed.) and Peter Cornwell's The Battle of France
Then and Now (2007), as well as in Paul Martin's Invisible
Vainqueurs (1990) and from the Luftwaffe summaries in the British
National Archives Cabinet papers.
One important finding is that the consumption and wastage was not
nearly as high as claimed. The three air forces actually shot down
only 19 percent of the number claimed. In the RAF case, in the
summer of 1940, 44 percent of those shot down were readily
repairable thanks to the salvage and repair organizations. This
contrasted with the much lower 8 percent for the Germans and zero
for the French.
Brave as the aircrews may have been, the inescapable conclusion is
that awareness of consumption, wastage, and sustainability were
intimately connected to survival."
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