The Spirit of Au Gay: Putting the Air Back into Airland Operations

Abstract

This monograph investigates the extent to which current US and NATO air-land doctrine provide for the effective integration of air power and land power at the operational level of war. The research hypothesis of the study is that significant differences exist between current doctrine and the doctrine that the US Army Air Forces and Ground Forces employed during World War II, and that these differences adversely affect the US capability to prosecute successful air-land operations. To test this hypothesis, the monograph analyzes three World War II campaigns (Northwest Africa, Sicily, and France) and compares them to the current US and NATO doctrines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174163

Entities

People

  • Glenn M . Harned

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Close Support
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Counterair Operations
  • Doctrine
  • Geographic Regions
  • Middle East
  • Military Organizations
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies