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This 6 page report discusses the ways in
which the introduction of airplanes to military applications and war changed the entire
face of war -- from strategy to implementation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWevowar.rtf
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the kind of battles taking place long before the nightmares of Pearl Harbor or Nazi annexations. Of course the world is well-aware of the feats of the famous daredevil
pilots of the early 20th century but how many understand that it was in those days that the modern framework of air-warfare were truly created? Characters such as Eddie
Rickenbacker and Manfred von Richthofen the "Red Baron" became legends during the early days of air warfare. Because World War I was the first modern war (airplanes, tanks, and artillery),
it also marked the end of what had once been "conventional" military strategy and tactics. For the first time, the fighting of ground troops could be supported or even obliterated
by attacks from the skies. The heroics, strategies, and capability to surprise of even the most talented of battlefield commanders could be summarily wiped out by bombs falling from the
sky. For the first time in history, nations were able use the skies to "rain" destruction on those they thought of as their enemies and the devastation was something that
had previously been inconceivable. Airplanes and Warfare The airplane revolutionized both peace and war. War began to evolve from hand-to-hand combat and became a battle of technology. Airplanes
offered long range opportunities never before imagined. Garden (2003) comments that the military potential of self-propelled machines that have the ability and freedom to travel above the surface of the
earth seems obvious from the vantage point of the close of the 20th century. Ironically, in the United States, the War Department was uninterested in developing any form of military
aircraft for years.1 The same disinterest was also evident in Great Britain. In fact, Garden uncovered a 1904 War Office memo and report that recommended that work focus "only on
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