The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943
Operational, organizational, doctrinal, and cultural differences hampered effective command and control of Canadian and American maritime air power defending shipping against U-boats off the east coast during the Second World War. The American desire to implement US unity of command over both nation...
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ftwlaurieruniv:oai:scholars.wlu.ca:cmh-1878 2023-05-15T17:45:27+02:00 The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943 Goette, Richard 2017-10-02T20:34:01Z application/pdf https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol26/iss2/2 https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1878&context=cmh unknown Scholars Commons @ Laurier https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol26/iss2/2 https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1878&context=cmh Canadian Military History Military History text 2017 ftwlaurieruniv 2022-03-31T17:37:23Z Operational, organizational, doctrinal, and cultural differences hampered effective command and control of Canadian and American maritime air power defending shipping against U-boats off the east coast during the Second World War. The American desire to implement US unity of command over both nations’ maritime air forces clashed with the Canadian preference for simple cooperation. Canadian airmen resisted several American attempts to impose unity of command until the operational situation in the Battle of the Atlantic revealed inefficiencies in coordination which necessitated all maritime air power in the Northwest Atlantic be centralized under Canadian operational control in the spring of 1943. Text Northwest Atlantic Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario: Scholars Commons@Laurier |
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Operational, organizational, doctrinal, and cultural differences hampered effective command and control of Canadian and American maritime air power defending shipping against U-boats off the east coast during the Second World War. The American desire to implement US unity of command over both nations’ maritime air forces clashed with the Canadian preference for simple cooperation. Canadian airmen resisted several American attempts to impose unity of command until the operational situation in the Battle of the Atlantic revealed inefficiencies in coordination which necessitated all maritime air power in the Northwest Atlantic be centralized under Canadian operational control in the spring of 1943. |
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The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943 |
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The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943 |
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The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943 |
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The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943 |
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The Command and Control of Canadian and American Maritime Air Power in the Northwest Atlantic, 1941-1943 |
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command and control of canadian and american maritime air power in the northwest atlantic, 1941-1943 |
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Northwest Atlantic |
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Canadian Military History |
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