The Raf's Cross-Channel Offensive: Circuses, Ramrods, Rhubarbs and Rodeos 1941-1942 (Starkey John)(Pevná vazba) - diskuze

The story of the RAF, and in particular Fighter Command, during the Battle of Britain has been told many times. It is a tale of the gallant pilots of 'The Few', in their Hurricanes and Spitfires, with the nation's back to the wall, fighting off the Luftwaffe's airborne assault against enormous odds. But the story of Fighter Command's operations immediately after the Battle of Britain is less well known.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard commanded the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. His policy then had been for his aircraft and men to be continually on the offensive, always over the German lines taking the fight to the enemy. After being promoted to command the RAF, Trenchard retired in 1930.
In November 1940, Trenchard showed up again at the Air Ministry and proposed that the RAF should 'Lean Towards France' - that it should go on the
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