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Author O'Reilly, Ainsworth M., author.

Title The better Blitzkrieg : a comparison of tactical airpower use by Guderian and Patton / Ainsworth M. O'Reilly
Published Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 24 pages)
Series Wright flyer paper ; no. 43
Wright flyer paper ; no 43.
Summary "Historians have debated for decades the reasons for the spectacular failure of the Luftwaffe during the last three years of World War II. As the Luftwaffe went down in flames, the United States Army Air Forces arose to conquer the airspace on the Western Front of Europe. Before its downfall, Luftwaffe tactical airpower was key to Gen Heinz Guderian's surprise attack through the Ardennes to the English Channel in 1940. Similarly, in 1944, as Gen George S. Patton broke out of the Normandy beachhead by unleashing Operation Cobra, tactical airpower proved vital to his ability to march to the German border in only six weeks. This paper analyzes a host of primary sources authored by the main players in those campaigns (Guderian, Patton, and Weyland) and focuses on the key differences between the Luftwaffe support to Guderian and XIX Tactical Air Command support to Patton during their historic campaigns on the Western Front of Europe in World War II."--Abstract
Notes "April 2010."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Air University Press, viewed on October 25, 2016)
Subject Guderian, Heinz, 1888-1954 -- Military leadership
Weyland, Otto P. (Otto Paul), 1902-1979 -- Military leadership
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 -- Military leadership
SUBJECT Weyland, Otto P. (Otto Paul), 1902-1979 fast
Guderian, Heinz, 1888-1954 fast
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 fast
Subject United States. Army Air Forces. Tactical Air Command, 19th -- History
Germany. Luftwaffe -- History
SUBJECT Germany. Luftwaffe fast
United States. Army Air Forces. Tactical Air Command, 19th fast
Subject Lightning war -- Germany -- World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Close air support -- History
Close air support
Command of troops
Lightning war
Military campaigns
Germany
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Air University (U.S.). Air Command and Staff College, issuing body.
Air University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute, publisher.
Air University (U.S.). Press, publisher.
Other Titles Comparison of tactical airpower use by Guderian and Patton