William billy mitchell biography books
William billy mitchell biography books
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This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in
An American admiral launched an almost perfect carrier attack on Pearl Harbor during an exercise in , but the military failed to learn its lesson, allowing the Japanese to launch almost exactly the same attack 9 years later.
Rear Adm.
Harry E. Yarnell was an early proponent of aircraft carriers, but his displays of air power were discounted by the most of the admiralty.
The aircraft was invented in and, almost immediately, the military started to look at how to use the technology in combat.
But different military branches from different nations moved at different speeds, and many navies considered planes an observation platform and nothing more.
In World War I, pilots bombed enemy targets by throwing munitions from their planes, but aerial bombing was still considered a stunt by many, and the U.S.
Navy brass was convinced that airplanes weren&#;t a threat to their capital ships.
Between the wars, aviation pioneers