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The Battle for Britain : Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, 1909#x96 ; 1940 by Anthony J. Cumming is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The book is a short review of British air and naval power from 1909 -1940 and represents an attack upon independent” airpower. When Bleriot became the first man to fly the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine in 1909, it seemed to mark the beginning of a fundamental decline in British attitudes towards maritime defense. Exploiting prevalent invasion paranoia, press baron, Lord Northcliffe invited distinguished writers such as William Le Queue and H G Wells to write articles on the theme We are no longer an Island”. Bleriot’s exploit encouraged the politicians to reassess how Britain would be defended in the future. An important government committee heard evidence that led directly to the forming of the Royal Flying Corps an organization that initially included army and naval wings. Superficially, the Royal Navy was moving from strength to strength as it expanded in the naval arms race with Germany. The service remained in high public esteem but a section of the ruling Liberal party wanted money diverted for welfare a new and powerful competitor for funds. The Two-Power Standard was quietly dropped in 1909 and the astronomical costs of battleship building force

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Author

Anthony J. Cumming

Publisher

US Naval Institute Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612518343

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities