Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815

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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spelling cairn-RHA_291_0056RHARevue Historique des Armées https://shs.cairn.info/revue-historique-des-armees-2018-2-page-56?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rha.291.0056 Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815 Sarmant, Thierry2018 fre Revue Historique des Armées | 291 | 2 | 2018-01-02 | p. 56-62 | 0035-3299 RHA_29155 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 restricted 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 Sarmant, Thierry
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Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815
author_facet Sarmant, Thierry
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title Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815
title_short Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815
title_full Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815
title_fullStr Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815
title_full_unstemmed Napoléon marin : le « Grand Empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1800-1815
title_sort napoléon marin : le « grand empire » à travers la correspondance du ministre de la marine et des colonies, 1800-1815
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