Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)

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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Hlavní autor: Cochet, François
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Jazyk:Français
Vydáno: 2020
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spelling cairn-RHA_300_0040RHARevue Historique des Armées https://shs.cairn.info/revue-historique-des-armees-2020-3-page-40?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rha.300.0040 Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871) Cochet, François2020 fre Revue Historique des Armées | 300 | 3 | 2020-01-04 | p. 40-55 | 0035-3299 RHA_30084 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 Cochet, François
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Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
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title Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
title_short Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
title_full Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
title_fullStr Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
title_full_unstemmed Les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
title_sort les combattants de 1870 (août 1870 – janvier 1871)
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