Royal Air Force

...The lessons learned from World War I and the advancement of air weapons, along with the idea that air power is omnipotent, established the idea of ​​independent strategic air operations alongside the traditional joint land-navy support operations, and gradually Italy, Canada, Germany (at the time of rearmament in 1935), and other countries established independent air forces. In World War II, air forces took advantage of their characteristics such as rapid response, maneuverable breakthrough power, and striking power, and demonstrated their leading role in joint operations with the army and navy, such as the German blitzkrieg against Poland, and also demonstrated their power to dominate the war in independent air operations such as the Royal Air Force's homeland defense and the US Army Air Forces' strategic attack on Japan. In particular, new and high-performance weapons such as British radar, the US B-29 bomber, and the atomic bomb made a major contribution to the improvement of air power and influenced the course of the war. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the Royal Air Force is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…第1次大戦以来の作戦教訓，航空兵器の進歩は空軍万能論と相まち，従来の陸･海軍支援(協同)作戦とともに独立して行う戦略航空作戦思想を定着させ，逐次イタリア，カナダ，ドイツ(1935年再軍備時)などが空軍を独立させた。　第2次大戦で空軍は，即応性，機動突破力，打撃力などの特性を生かし，ドイツ軍によるポーランド電撃作戦のような陸･海軍との協同作戦において主役的威力を発揮し，またイギリス空軍の国土防空やアメリカ陸軍航空部隊の対日戦略攻撃のような独立した航空作戦において，戦争を支配する力を実証した。特にイギリスのレーダー，アメリカのB29爆撃機，原子爆弾などのような新兵器，高性能兵器が航空戦力の向上に大きく貢献し，戦勢を左右した。…

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