PPT-Airpower Through WWI Evolution of Air and Space Power

Evolution of Airpower Early Uses of Airpower Airpower in WWI Early Airpower Theorists Overview Montgolfier Brothers flew first hot air balloon in 1783 Union and Confederate armies used balloons . We are doing class a little differently today. Please find your laptop and sit at a place where you can see the board.. Think about it. What are our some of our modern warfare weapons?. Essential Question. EAT IT. WWI: Causes, Effects and Unresolved Issues. Document one illustrates the growing tensions amongst the between France and Prussia over territories like Alsace and Lorraine in addition to other European tensions and growing alliances. Pop Quiz for Candy!. What were the MAIN causes of WWI?. What was the spark that started WWI?. What countries were in the Triple Alliance?. What countries were in the Triple Entente?. By the end of the war, what countries had joined the Allied powers? (Besides the original 3). End of WW I Through WW II. 2. Overview. Background—The 1920s. . General Mitchell’s Crusade. The Air Corps Act of 1926. Air Corps Tactical School. Move To Autonomy in the 1930s. WWII Begins. The Battle of Britain. Art & Society. 1919-1939. Adapted from various . ppts. from . pptpalooza.net. and Ms. Gilmore’s . ppt. Why . is it that people became disillusioned after WWI, and how did that disillusionment allow for the rise of totalitarian dictators across Europe?. . ALLIES. Serbia. Russia . France. Great Britain. Italy. (Later the United States). CENTRAL POWERS. Austria-Hungry. Germany. Ottoman Empire. World War I. THE GREAT WAR. 1914 -1918. AIM. National Security Act of 1947. Berlin Airlift. Curtis . LeMay. Korean Conflict. Cuban Missile Crisis. Overview. 2. Established the framework for the future Department of Defense and created the Air Force . 1919-1939. POSTWAR UNCERTAINTY REFLECTED IN THE ARTS & SCIENCES. How did WWI impact the arts and literature of the 1920s?. Background. WWI Shattered Enlightenment ideas that progress would continue & reason would prevail. 1. 2. The Global War on Terror. Background. Launching the War on Terror. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). Objectives of OEF . Airpower’s Distinctive Contributions. Operation . Anaconda. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF). Canadians . who wanted to fly joined the British Royal Flying Corps.. Canadian airmen proved to be fearsome flyers and quickly gained a reputation for bravery and skill in battle.. When the war broke out in 1914, the airplane was a new and unproven invention.. “Dogfights”. Bombers. Zeppelins. “Aces”. The “Red Baron”. WWI at Sea. HMS Dreadnought. Battle of Jutland, 1916. Unterseebooten. (U-Boats). R. MS Lusitania, 1915. “Q-Ships”. “Convoys”. 2. Overview. Background—The 1920s. . General Mitchell’s Crusade. The Air Corps Act of 1926. Air Corps Tactical School. Move To Autonomy in the 1930s. WWII Begins. The United States Prepares for War. 7 Continents WWI MAIN Causes of WWI There were four major reasons for tension in Europe before WWI. -Each reason has something to do with the competition between countries to be the greatest. The Western Front. Germany’s plan didn’t work and France and Germany faced many months in a . Stalemate.. . Forced to settle in for the winter, both sides built trenches.. Trench Warfare. Trenches were like a maze stretching for miles..