Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.

The observation balloons branch is a little-known specialty of the French army. However, it plays an important role during World War One in intelligence gathering and directing artillery fire. But sterling service does not prevent it to undergo a crisis during the interwar period, mainly for lack of...

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Autor Principal: Widemann, Thierry
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spelling cairn-RHA_283_0140RHARevue Historique des Armées https://shs.cairn.info/revue-historique-des-armees-2016-2-page-140?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rha.283.0140 Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p. Widemann, Thierry2016 fre Revue Historique des Armées | 283 | 2 | 2016-01-02 | p. 140-140 | 0035-3299 RHA_28346 The observation balloons branch is a little-known specialty of the French army. However, it plays an important role during World War One in intelligence gathering and directing artillery fire. But sterling service does not prevent it to undergo a crisis during the interwar period, mainly for lack of sufficient funds. The ballooning observation, a part first of the Engineer corps then of the Air Force, has an organization, staffing, hardware, employment doctrine of its own. General Paul Bienvenue, one of the first balloonists, keeps alerting his superiors on the poor state of the branch in the years 1920-1940, without success. Lacking modernization, it is debilitated when embarking on the 1940 campaign, before collapsing under the blows of the Luftwaffe.Cairn free access
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description The observation balloons branch is a little-known specialty of the French army. However, it plays an important role during World War One in intelligence gathering and directing artillery fire. But sterling service does not prevent it to undergo a crisis during the interwar period, mainly for lack of sufficient funds. The ballooning observation, a part first of the Engineer corps then of the Air Force, has an organization, staffing, hardware, employment doctrine of its own. General Paul Bienvenue, one of the first balloonists, keeps alerting his superiors on the poor state of the branch in the years 1920-1940, without success. Lacking modernization, it is debilitated when embarking on the 1940 campaign, before collapsing under the blows of the Luftwaffe.
author Widemann, Thierry
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Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
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title Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
title_short Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
title_full Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
title_fullStr Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
title_full_unstemmed Moi, Pierre Quarré, comte d’Aligny, mousquetaire du roi. Mémoires, Pierre Quarré, Librairie Vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
title_sort moi, pierre quarré, comte d’aligny, mousquetaire du roi. mémoires, pierre quarré, librairie vuibert, 2015, 291 p.
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