Writing and Publishing…
The last couple of weeks have seen me working furiously on a couple of projects that will now come, hopefully, to fruition. Well it had to happen eventually. I have […]
Tag Archives: Combined Operations
Acquisitions
Anthony Cummings, The Royal Navy and the Battle of Britain (Naval Institute Press, 2010) – This book will help to stir the hornet’s nest in this the 70th Anniversary of […]
‘Amphibious Warfare from Gallipoli to the Falklands’
[Cross-posted at Birmingham "On War"] Some information on an event I will be involved with in October. A Study Day on ‘Amphibious Warfare from Gallipoli to the Falklands’ Saturday 30th […]
Some Qualitative Observations of Air Power at Dieppe…
One of things I looked at in the course of my research was the contemporary qualitative view of the effectiveness of Air Power over Dieppe. This was easily classified into […]
Some Concluding thoughts…
Here are some of my general thoughts on the effectiveness of the RAF during the raid on Dieppe. If I was to pull out one general point it would be […]
Publishing my Thesis
I mentioned in my post yesterday that at some point I would like to publish what I have written. To do this I would need to expand the scope of the work […]
Submitting my Thesis
Well I am almost at that time. In actual fact I am about two and a half weeks away from when I need to submit even though I still need […]
Raiding as an Intruder Strategy, 1942-1943
Another section of my thesis. This concentrates of the efficacy of the policy of using raids as the basis of the the intruder startegy. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- The perceived success of Operation […]
Air Power and Planning Operation RUTTER/JUBILEE
Just another section from my thesis. This time it deals with some of the issues thrown up during the planning for Dieppe. ———————————————————————————————- The genesis of Operation JUBILEE lay in […]
RAF Training Policy for Combined Operations
Bernard Fergusson in his history of Combined Operations, The Watery Maze, has described the RAF as having a nonchalant attitude towards the subject of Combined Operations by stating that they […]
