WHY THE FRENCH AIR FORCE FAILED IN 1940.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- HARVEY, A. D.
- Source
- Aviation History. May2020, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p36-43. 8p. 10 Color Photographs.
- Subject
- *AIRPLANES
*MILITARY air pilots
*AIR power (Military science)
*HURRICANE (Fighter plane)
- Language
- ISSN
- 1076-8858
The article focuses on shortage of aircraft and pilots and lack of leadership and misunderstanding of how best to employ air power. It mentions reinforcements of British Hawker Hurricanes arriving within hours of the opening of the German offensive and the Me-110 proving less effective than expected. It also mentions Alistair Horne in his book "To Lose a Battle: France 1940" and armored formations in the ground fighting.