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Teorico della guerra aerea, fu sostenitore intransigente della strategia del bombardamento strategico contro le città della potenza nemica da parte di grandi masse di bombardieri pesanti, ritenuti l'arma assoluta in grado di raggiungere da soli la vittoria senza il concorso di grandi eserciti terrestri.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the "Father of the Royal Air Force."
11 apr 2024 · Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (born Feb. 3, 1873, Taunton, Somerset, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1956, London) was a British officer and air marshal who helped lay the foundations of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Trenchard entered the army in 1893 and served in the South African War and later in Nigeria.
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by Sir William Orpen, 1917. The Imperial War Museum, London. Trenchard, Hugh Montague, first Viscount Trenchard ( 1873–1956 ), air force officer, was born at Windsor Lodge, Haines Hill, Taunton, Somerset, on 3 February 1873, the second son and third of six children of Henry Montague Trenchard (1838–1914), solicitor, and his wife, Georgina ...
14 mag 2018 · views 3,027,335 updated May 14 2018. Trenchard, Hugh, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956). Soldier and airman. ‘Boom’ Trenchard began his service career as an infantryman. By 1912, when he learned to fly, he was a major whose career appeared to be going nowhere.
3 giorni fa · Quick Reference. (1873–1956) British air marshal who, as chief of staff between the wars, built up the Royal Air Force into the third major element in Britain's armed services. He was created a baronet in 1919, a baron in 1929, and a viscount in 1936. He was appointed to the OM in 1951.
Hugh Trenchard was a commander of the Royal Flying Corps during World War One and the first head of the Royal Air Force, which was created towards the end of the war. When Trenchard first took over the RFC, it was primarily used to gain intelligence - acting as the British Army’s eyes - but Trenchard pushed the service to become a military ...
