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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: THREE PIONEERS OF AIRPOWER -- GREAT STRATEGISTS
Description: They saw airplanes ... come into reality as weapon systems ... and they became strong advocates.
We continue our Great Strategists series with a look at three pioneers of airpower -- Giulio Douhet from the Italian Armed Forces, Billy Mitchell of the U.S., and Hugh Trenchard, the "father" of the British Royal Air Force. In the early 20th century, these three great innovators and thinkers saw the battlefield changing as a result of the introduction of airplanes. Only a decade would pass from the Wright Brothers' first flight to use of aircraft in World War I -- and controlling the skies...