Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers

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_299_0064RHARevue Historique des Armées https://shs.cairn.info/revue-historique-des-armees-2020-2-page-64?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rha.299.0064 Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers Lemonnier-Mercier, Anne2020 fre Revue Historique des Armées | 299 | 2 | 2020-01-02 | p. 64-71 | 0035-3299 RHA_29972 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 Lemonnier-Mercier, Anne
spellingShingle Lemonnier-Mercier, Anne
Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers
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author_sort Lemonnier-Mercier, Anne
title Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers
title_short Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers
title_full Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers
title_fullStr Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers
title_full_unstemmed Les Hochwelker de Mutzig au Mans. La saga d’une famille d’armuriers
title_sort les hochwelker de mutzig au mans. la saga d’une famille d’armuriers
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