The Universality of the Air Force - kuugunban no uron

Japanese: 空軍万能論 - くうぐんばんのうろん
The Universality of the Air Force - kuugunban no uron

…England, which was interested in the success of aircraft in World War I, and also considered the efficient use of resources and budgets, made the Air Force an independent third branch in April 1918, and promoted the development of bombers for attacking enemy territory and fighter planes for homeland defense. In the 1920s, G. Duet of Italy and W. Mitchell of the United States developed the idea that the Air Force was omnipotent, that repeated bombing of the enemy's military, industrial, and political centers with large bombers would destroy military production and crush the people's will to resist, and that air power would determine the outcome of the war. The lessons learned from World War I and the advancement of aviation weapons, combined with the idea of ​​the Air Force being omnipotent, established the idea of ​​strategic air operations that were carried out independently along with the traditional army and navy support (joint) operations, and gradually Italy, Canada, Germany (at the time of rearmament in 1935), and other countries made their Air Forces independent. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Omnipotence of the Air Force" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第1次大戦における航空機の活躍に関心をもったイギリスは,資源と予算の効率的使用をも考慮して,18年4月,第3の軍種として空軍を独立させ,敵領土攻撃のための爆撃機と国土防衛のための戦闘機の整備を推進した。1920年代イタリアのG.ドゥエやアメリカのW.ミッチェルなどが,大型爆撃機で敵の軍事,工業,政治の中心を反復爆撃することにより軍需生産を崩壊させ,国民の抗戦意志を挫折させることが可能であり,航空戦力が戦争の勝敗を決定するという空軍万能論を展開した。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。…

※「空軍万能論」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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