Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1941 — Page 42

SUPREMACY

U. S, Is in Deadly Danger 5 ‘Until It ¥s Reached, = + Williams Contends. I By MAJOR AL WILLIAMS 15 © Times Aviation Editor _ PITTSBURGH, May 23—It is my fearful conviction that the men responsible, for the defense of this ‘Country do not yet understand the type of modern warfare which has completely upset the general staffs, i strategists, and | politicians of Europe. A Certain Amer-; icans returned -reeently from a pre-=campaign study of the Balkan theater of war, thor—oughly cqnvinced ithat this was one sector where|. : mode warfare Lo would bog down. Maj. Williams = Their estimates were that this would be the one ‘final showdown and that the mech“anized -co-ordinated land-air) blitz- * &rieg would be smashed into a\ stag- . mant-war of 1918, : “They concluded that 'the blitz might be all right on the flat lands _ dn the north of Europe, ina thea"ter of mobile warfare, a war of movement. They could understand _ dive-bombers working ahead of the} fast-moving tanks in tactics of-at-tack by infiltration, exposure of flanks ‘by lances of tank columns piercing enemy lines and circling to cut: off strong points. : :

1 Record Proves Mistake ! But in the Balkan country, with| rE | fis high mountain ranges, narrow § — i oY : ; raul ~ walleys and passes bristling with : \ Tg | | : rr?! : a guns, they were sure tanks would : = } A Poy oe mot be able to move swiftly. And ; : . : : ; pd even the air units would ‘be baffled : : : i na Tae gtalable positions, and air attack A A : A LO WR RY would have to be split into action : : ‘BR : against many individual points. \ : 5

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‘Air Command Mandatory

“It. is. obvious to most non-expert minds that attempting an offensive on land or sea without command of the air is suicidal. But if -you ordinary people believe that the military and naval experts are willing to admit that their pet traditions of waging war have all been kicked into a cocked hat, they are making the mistake of their lives. And these * mistakes of wishful gen king may well cost us exactly = ‘what they have cost the people of France and England. The President himsel Ss announced that we must command the ‘ air, but little has been done about organizing to handle the men and the planes for commanding the air. So long as admirals and’ generals who reached their present rank commanding seagoing ships, infantry, artillery, and cavalry, can frus- = irate the development of American airpower, we are in deadly danger. ~ We have no air college for the training of air strategists. We have war colleges .for training admirals and land-force generals—with what 4s termed adequate study devoted ~, to air warfare. ; Lack of air-visioned leaders has done as much to smash European nations as lack of air equipment. How many more Dunkirks, Norways, : i Fo gE Skagerraks and Greek campaigns ; Lr Offered at This Price push fhiste be before command of - FES i \ Na : : aE . 5 : e air, and a entails, is -under- Es os J I » \ \ : : lim ? : stood and provided for the United| - Faso Though the Conperation 4: § \ Especially Designed for Car U se! States? Cn] of a Famous Maker! \ : ; :

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