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Lesson Index: [ Introduction | Lesson Objective | Overview | Early Perspective of War | Rise of Total War | WWI Perspective | Context for Airpower | Aircraft as a Military Tool | Aircraft for Strategic Effects | Early Airpower Theorists | Aipower Theorists—Douhet | Douhet’s Theory | Implications of Douhet’s Theory | Douhet’s Impact | Aipower Theorists—Trenchard | Trenchard’s Theory | Implications of Trenchard’s Theory | Trenchard’s Impact | Aipower Theorists—Mitchell | Mitchell’s Theory | Implications of Mitchell’s Theory | Mitchell’s Impact | Mitchell’s Legacy | Summary | Quiz ]

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• A. Airpower should be used to punish the civilian population. Doing so would cause them to pressure their government to take action to end the suffering.
• B. Attacking key industrial targets is the key to victory. Such actions destroy the enemy ability to wage war and pressures the government to come to terms with the enemy.
• C. Direct attack of enemy fielded forces is the key to victory. Doing so breaks the enemy capability and will to resist thus making victory inevitable.

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Relevant lesson page: Douhet’s Theory

• A. Although not a primary task of WW I aviation, the value of strategic bombardment was firmly demonstrated in WWI.
• B. Use of the aircraft as a military tool offered a way of bypassing the suffering and carnage left by traditional trench warfare.
• C. Because the era of total war promoted the ascendancy of the offensive form of combat, the use of airpower was a way of countering that move.

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Relevant lesson page: Aircraft as a Military Tool

• A. His position that airpower should remain an integral part of the Army led to the development of airpower principles such as unity of command and unity of effort.
• B. His theory that airpower should be used primarily to support surface forces when the enemy conducts offensive ground operations contributed to airpower principles, such as close air support.
• C. His advocacy for the role of airpower in military operations served as a foundational background for the development of airpower principles, such as air superiority and air interdiction.

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Relevant lesson page: Mitchell’s Legacy

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