The American Air Campaign in North Africa

In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Christopher Rein, a US Navy and US Air Force veteran, military historian, and managing editor at Air University Press. Among many other things, Dr. Rein talks about the "Bomber Mafia", Military Deception plans, Operation Flax, and how many of the Air "Lessons Learned" had to be learned more than once. He also presents ways that this history from 1943 can relate to our more contemporary doctrine and training focuses on Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), as well as the reminder that we are Stronger Together. There are also lots of book recommendations: The North African Air Campaign: US Army Air Forces from El Alamein to Salerno by Dr. Christopher Rein (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3ByGbYF) Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day by Marc Milner (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3BoGNjP) Panzers in Normandy: General Hans Ederbach and the German Defense of France, 1944 by Samuel Mitcham (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3Ieh3KN) The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II by Douglas Porch (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3Oddvwa) Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America's World War II Military by Thomas Guglielmo (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3O6P17H) The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II by Robert Ehlers (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/42EnVcz) TORCH: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory by Vincent O'Hara (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/452Yl2n) Fighting in the Dark: Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944 Edited by Vincent O'Hara and Trent Hone (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/42Dquvq) Weaving the Tangled Web: Military Deception in Large-Scale Combat Operations by Christopher Rein (https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/September-October-2018/Tangled-Web/) Weaving the Tangled Web (full book down https://www.armyupress.army.mil/books/large-scale-combat-operations-book-set/) Air University Press (https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/) http://www.motheroftanks.com/ads-sponsors-and-affiliate-links/