Victory Through Air PowerDe Seversky shows that aviation has changed conceptions of strategy and tactics and that air power will play a decisive part in determining the power balance among nations. His conclusions were highly controversial early in World War II. |
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The Challenge to America | 3 |
П Skagerrak and Dunkirk | 28 |
The Battle of Britain | 43 |
Copyright | |
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