Le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale

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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Auteur principal: Horner, Sébastien
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Publié: 2018
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spelling cairn-RHA_291_0129RHARevue Historique des Armées https://shs.cairn.info/revue-historique-des-armees-2018-2-page-129?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rha.291.0129 Le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale Horner, Sébastien2018 fre Revue Historique des Armées | 291 | 2 | 2018-01-02 | p. 129-135 | 0035-3299 RHA_29161 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 Horner, Sébastien
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Le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale
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title Le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale
title_short Le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale
title_full Le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale
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title_sort le souvenir de la maréchaussée dans la symbolique de la gendarmerie nationale
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