AFRI Research Paper 2009-2, Learning to Fight Together : The British Experience with Joint Air-Land Warfare

By David Ian Hall

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Title:	AFRI Research Paper 2009-2, Learning to Fight Together : The British Experience with Joint Air-Land Warfare
Author:	David Ian Hall
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Military
Collections:	United States, Science Fiction Collection, Military Science, Authors Community, Naval Science, Political Sociology, Literature, Education, Political Science, History
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Ian Hall, B. D. (n.d.). AFRI Research Paper 2009-2, Learning to Fight Together : The British Experience with Joint Air-Land Warfare. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This British historian, David Hall, found relevant cross-service problems in Afghanistan during recent British air-ground operations. He was stricken by the similarities with British airground operations during World War II when the Royal Air Force and the British Army first struggled with doctrinal air support practices.

Table of Contents
DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi LEARNING HOW TO FIGHT TOGETHER: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE WITH JOINT AIR-LAND WARFARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Origins of the Air-Land Debate . . . . . . . . . . 5 Political Wrangling between the Independent Air Force and Army/Royal Air Force during the Interwar Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 The Battle for France, 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Evolution of Air-Land Technique . . . . . .11 North Africa: The Adoption and Refinement of a New Air-Land Technique . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Success without Harmony: British Air-Land Co-operation by the End of the War . . . . . .25 Back to Afghanistan and Contemporary Air-Land Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Enduring Themes and Contemporary Relevance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43