Air force professor mark wells talks about the role of bombers and fighting planes on the allied strategy in world war ii. He also describes the progression of air technology in this period. He argues that air power brought about the end of the war. His class is 55 minutes. Col. Wells lets get started. Seat, thanks. Todays lesson is the combined bomber offensive. I only have about 50 minutes to talk to you about something that is very important. , and in of air power terms of the air force. I am going to talk about any number of things, and you will have to follow along and take good notes. Some of these are very busy so i want you to take the most important features. We are going to discuss the bomber barons, a little bit about the war from 1939 to 1945. The american contribution. Remember, we came into the war from the british point of view relatively late. And then we will summarize with the overall impact of the combined bomber offensive. Remember, we call it combined because it wa
Now from the colby military writers symposium in vermont, retired colonel Robert Dalessandro describes strategies countries developed during world war i. Good morning. Good morning. And for those of you new to the occasion for this session, welcome to the 22nd annual colby military write is sim bose yum. This year we embark on a multiyear discussion of world war i. As one continuous half century of hostility. We call this years installment, won the war, lost the war. Centennial legacy of world war i, to establish this symposium theme to suggest its direction. This morning it is my particular honor to introduce colonel Robert Dalessandro. Connell Robert Dalessandro, is among relatively small group of world war i historians in america today, having written extensively on American Expeditionary force in the great war. Currently, colonel dalessandro is acting secretary of the American Battle Monument Commission and former director of the United States army center of military history. Colon
Writers symposium in vermont, retired colonel Robert Dalessandro describes strategies countries developed during world war i. Good morning. Good morning. And for those of you new to the occasion for this session, welcome to the 22nd annual colby military write is sim bose yum. This year we embark on a multiyear discussion of world war i. As one continuous half century of hostility. We call this years installment, won the war, lost the war. Centennial legacy of world war i, to establish this symposium theme to suggest its direction. This morning it is my particular honor to introduce colonel Robert Dalessandro. Connell Robert Dalessandro, is among relatively small group of world war i historians in america today, having written extensively on American Expeditionary force in the great war. Currently, colonel dalessandro is acting secretary of the American Battle Monument Commission and former director of the United States army center of military history. Colonel dalessandros special inte
And also reflects the mission of the university. Very strong philosophy and theological department. Then in 2010 i started the empire state addition. It is 110 years old, the director of the Fordham University press is in new york. [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Thank you for coming to the Tattered Cover and thank you especially for coming out to support your local independent bookstore. We greatly appreciated. Tonight we have dan hampton, most of you probably know he is the author of several books. He is a decorated fire pilot and a historian of a noted historian. [laughter] tonight he is going to be discussing the flight. His recounting of Charles Lindberghs famous transatlantic flight over from new york to paris. Without further ado, im going to go ahead and turn this over to dan. Lets give him a big applause. [applause] i also tap dance and sing badly. [laughter] thank you jennifer and michael and the Tattered Cover crowd as well as my cspan buddies. Mark and steve who h
Cspan2 with top Nonfiction Book developers every weekend. But Tv Television for serious readers. Hi everyone, thank you for coming to the Tattered Cover and thank you for joining us for tonights author event. Thank you for coming out to support your local independent bookstore, we greatly appreciate it. Tonight we have dan hampton, most of you probably know hes the author of hunter killers and wards of the sky among several others. Hes a decorated pilot and a historian of, okay. A noted historian. Tonight hes going to be discussing the flight, his recounting of Charles Lindberghs famous transatlantic flight from new york to paris. So without further ado, im going to go ahead and turn it over to dan. Lets give him some big applause. [applause] i also tap dance and sing badly. Well, thank you jennifer. And michael, and the Tattered Cover crowd as well as my cspan buddies mark and steve whove done this with me several times before. Probably tired of looking at me. And its good to be back