บรรยายสรุป Early Air Power Theorists หลักสูตร RAAF Command and Staff Course ๑๔ กุมภาพันธ์ ๑๙๙๙

1. EARLY AIR POWER
THEORISTS
by
S Q N L D R W A S H I R A S A K P O O S I T

2. MAJOR GENERAL
WALTHER WEVER
L U F T W A F F E

3. AIM
 BACKGROUND
 AIRPOWER IMPORTANCE
 STRATEGIES & DOCTRINE

4. MAJGEN WALTHER WEVER
 WW I Army Officer
 Early Hitler Devotee
 First Flight Age 46

5. LUFTWAFFE
T h e E a r l y D a y s

6. LUFTWAFFE
T h e E a r l y D a y s
 HERMAN GOERING
 Air Minister / Commander In Chief
 INDEPENDENT SERVICE ARM 1933
 WEVER, DEFACTO CHIEF OF STAFF
 LUFTWAFFE GENERAL STAFF 1936

7. WALTHER
WEVER

8. HERMAN WALTHER
GOERING WEVER

9. HERMAN WALTHER ERHARD
GOERING WEVER MILCH

10. DOCTRINE & STRATEGIES

11. DOCTRINE & STRATEGIES
 DR ROBERT KNAUSS REPORT
 Borrowed from Douhet

12. DOCTRINE & STRATEGIES
 DR ROBERT KNAUSS REPORT
 Borrowed from Douhet
 WEVER
 Strategic Bomber High Priority

13. DOCTRINE & STRATEGIES
 DR ROBERT KNAUSS REPORT
 Borrowed from Douhet
 WEVER
 Strategic Bomber High Priority
 Aircraft Industry
 Lacked Capacity

14.  DIELUFTKRIEGFUHRUNG(1935)
 Conduct Of The Air War
 LUFTWAFFE
 Complement Other Services
 National Strategy
 Will Determine Battle Form
DOCTRINE & STRATEGIES

15. CRITICAL TASKS
 Air Superiority
 Army / Naval Support
 Strategic Attack
 Interdiction

16. STRATEGIC ATTACK
 Quickly Affect War’s Course
 Army / Naval Preparations
 Stalemate
 Economic Destruction Needed

17. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
 Specialist Training
 Air War Academy
 Air Technical Academy
 Luftwaffe General Staff
 Formed 1 August 1936

18. CONCLUSION

19. QUESTIONS

21. WHAT IF
Wever Had Lived Through WW II
and
Wever’s Strategic Plans For The
Luftwaffe Had Been
Implemented