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Two Roads to 1940 is a comparative study of the French and British air arms, from 1918 to 10 May 1940. Higham seeks the answer to the question Why was the Arme de lAir defeated in June 1940 whereas the Royal Air Force won the Battle Over Britain in September?
To reach a conclusion, the structure, the men and matriel, the government, and the economic infrastructure were analyzed. The story reveals that the French, dominated by the Arme de lTerre, was hypnotized by 1918; in contrast, the independent RAF evolved in the interwar years into a sophisticated, scientifically based force, which got the Air Defence of Great Britain (1924-1936) ready, was supported by government practices and consistency, as well as the necessary technical support for Fighter Command (1936-). Thus in 1940 the RAF could meet the Luftwaffe challenge.
But the RAF also suffered from three major errors; no Air Officer Commander-in-Chief to control all the air commands, the...
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| AA | antiaircraft (Br.); for French, see DCA |
| AASF | Advanced Air Striking Force (Br.) |
| ACBEF | Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force |
| ADGB | Air Defence of Great Britain |
| AHB | Air Historical Branch (Br.) |
| AIR | Air Ministry and RAF Records (Br.) |
| AMSO | air member for supply and organization (Br.) |
| AMSR | air member for supply and research (Br.) |
| AOC | air officer commanding (Br.) |
| AOC-in-C | air officer commanding in chief (Br.) |
| BAFF | British Air Forces France, 1940 |
| BCR | bomber-combat-reconnaissance aircraft (Fr.) |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
| C3 | command, control, and communications (Br.) |
| CAS | chief of the Air Staff (Br.) |
| CGPF | Confdration Gnrale du Patronat Franais; general confederation of French patronats (Fr.) |
| CGT | Confdration Gnrale du Travail; general confederation of labor (Fr.) |
| CH | Chain Home [RDF stations] (Br.) |
| CID | Committee of Imperial Defence (Br.) |
| CIGS | chief of the Imperial General Staff (Br.) |
| CSA | Conseil Suprieur de lAir: supreme air council (Fr.) |
| CSDN | Conseil Suprieur de la Dfense Nationale; superior council of national defense (Fr.) |
| CSG | Conseil Suprieur de la Guerre; superior council of war (Fr.) |
| CSSAD | Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence (Br.) |
| DAT | Dfense Arienne du Territoire; air defense of the territory (Fr.) |
| DCA | dfense contre avions; defense against aircraft (Fr.); for British, see AA |
| DCAS | deputy chief of the Air Staff (Br.) |
| EKW | Eidgenssische Konstruktions Werksttte; Swiss federal construction works |
| FAA | Fleet Air Arm (Br.) |
| GQG | Grand Quartier-Gnral: army field HQ (Fr.) |
| GQGA | the HQ of the Arme de lAir in wartime (Fr.) |
| GSAF | tat-majeur de lArme de lAir; general staff air force (Fr.) |
| HDAF | Home Defence Air Force (Br.) |
| HQ | headquarters |
| IFF | identification, friend or foe (Br.) |
| MT | motor transport (Br.) |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer (Br.); sous-officier (Fr.) |
| ORC | Operational Requirements Committee (Br.) |
| POL | petrol (gasoline), oil, and lubricants (Br.) |
| PSOC | Principal Supply Officers Committee (Br.) |
| RAE | Royal Aircraft Establishment (Br.) |
| RAF | Royal Air Force (Br.) |
| RAFVR | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Br.) |
| RDF | radio direction finding, known after 1943 as radar |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps (Br.) |
| RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service (Br.) |
| R/T | radio telephone (Br.) |
| SBAC | Society of British Aircraft Constructors (Br.) |
| SD | secret document [ex., SD98] (Br.) |
| SGA | Socit Gnrale dAronautique; general aeronautical society (Fr.) |
| SHAA | Service Historique de lArme de lAir: air force historical service (Fr.) |
| SPAD | Socit Pour lAviation et ses Drivs; company for aviation and its derivatives (Fr.) |
| WA | Western Air (Br.) |
| WIS | wireless intelligence screen |
| ZOAE | Zone dOprations Est; air zone of operations east (Fr.) |
| ZOAN | Zone dOprations Nord; air zone of operations north (Fr.) |
| ZOANE | Zone dOprations Nord-Est; air zone of operations northeast (Fr.) |
| ZOAS | Zone dOprations Sud; air zone of operations south (Fr.) |
Robin Higham was born in the United Kingdom and educated there and in the United States. He served in the RAF as a pilot. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of aviation history. He was professor of military history at Kansas State University for thirty-five years.
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Raymond Poincar Paul Deschanel Alexandre Millerand Gaston Doumergue Paul Doumer Albert Lebrun | January 1913January 1920 FebruarySeptember 1920 September 1920June 1924 June 1924June 1931 June 1931May 1932 (assassinated) May 1932July 1940 |
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