James Holland

technology mechanization modernity global reach to do a lot of your hard yards that's the sort of basic principle behind the strategic air campaign when we talk about the strategic air campaign we're talking about strategic air forces which are operating in isolation from other armed forces so a tactical air force for example is an air force which is offering close air support for ground operations

technology mechanization modernity global reach to do a lot of your hard yards that's the sort of basic principle behind the strategic air campaign when we talk about the strategic air campaign we're talking about strategic air forces which are operating in isolation from other armed forces so a tactical air force for example is an air force which is offering close air support for ground operations

technology mechanization modernity global reach to do a lot of your hard yards that's the sort of basic principle behind the strategic air campaign when we talk about the strategic air campaign we're talking about strategic air forces which are operating in isolation from other armed forces so a tactical air force for example is an air force which is offering close air support for ground operations

technology mechanization modernity global reach to do a lot of your hard yards that's the sort of basic principle behind the strategic air campaign when we talk about the strategic air campaign we're talking about strategic air forces which are operating in isolation from other armed forces so a tactical air force for example is an air force which is offering close air support for ground operations

A strategic air force has got nothing to do with ground operations.

A strategic air force has got nothing to do with ground operations. It's just operating on its own. So that's your bomber force or whatever. That's your B-17s and B-24s of the 8th Air Force flying out of East England, bombing the rural industrial complex of Germany or whatever it might be. So it's important to understand that when you compare, you have to have in the back of your mind that...

A strategic air force has got nothing to do with ground operations. It's just operating on its own. So that's your bomber force or whatever. That's your B-17s and B-24s of the 8th Air Force flying out of East England, bombing the rural industrial complex of Germany or whatever it might be. So it's important to understand that when you compare, you have to have in the back of your mind that...

A strategic air force has got nothing to do with ground operations. It's just operating on its own. So that's your bomber force or whatever. That's your B-17s and B-24s of the 8th Air Force flying out of East England, bombing the rural industrial complex of Germany or whatever it might be. So it's important to understand that when you compare, you have to have in the back of your mind that...

It's just operating on its own.

So that's your bomber force or whatever.

That's your B-17s and B-24s of the 8th Air Force flying out of East England, bombing the rural industrial complex of Germany or whatever it might be.

So it's important to understand that when you compare, you have to have in the back of your mind that

Britain, compared to Germany, for example, is coming at it from a completely different perspective.

Britain compared to Germany, for example, is coming at it from a completely different perspective. And I would say one of the failures of Hitler is that he always views everybody through his own very narrow worldview, which is not particularly helpful. You know, you want to get inside the head of your enemy. And, you know, he's sort of guilty of not doing that.

Britain compared to Germany, for example, is coming at it from a completely different perspective. And I would say one of the failures of Hitler is that he always views everybody through his own very narrow worldview, which is not particularly helpful. You know, you want to get inside the head of your enemy. And, you know, he's sort of guilty of not doing that.

Britain compared to Germany, for example, is coming at it from a completely different perspective. And I would say one of the failures of Hitler is that he always views everybody through his own very narrow worldview, which is not particularly helpful. You know, you want to get inside the head of your enemy. And, you know, he's sort of guilty of not doing that.

And I would say one of the failures of Hitler is that he always views everybody through his own very narrow worldview, which is not particularly helpful.

You know, you want to get inside the head of your enemy.

And, you know, he's sort of guilty of not doing that.

So when you're talking about Operation Barbarossa, to go back to your original question, Alex, you're dealing with an operation on such a vast scale that that operational level of war is absolutely vital to its chances of success or failure. It doesn't matter how good your individual commanders are at the front. If you haven't got the backup, it's not going to work.