Airplane Warfare in WWI
... In the time leading up to the war, the general feeling about planes was, they were a sneaky, unfair tactic that should not be used in warfare. ... (Villard-227) “The airplane may be all very well for sport, but for the army it is useless” (Quoted in Villard-227) Even by the beginning of the war in 1912, the use of planes in war was still prohibited by the War Office. Shortly thereafter this changed, people awakened to the possibilities of air warfare. ... (Saga-51) Literary fiction started to breed ideas about the use of planes in warfare. ... In Germany, literary fiction preceded the actual development of warfare in the air. ... (Villard-233) As the Americans advanced in the use of planes in warfare, so did the Germans. Initially, the Germans made no effort to hide their skepticism about the use of planes in warfare. In the beginning of the war, many Germans raised in newspaper articles and on government committees the possibilities of warfare in the air, but the country as a whole was not quick to initiate the effort. ... No matter how hard the other countries tried, the Germans were always one step ahead in airplane advances. ... Today’s warfare relies heavily on the use of aircraft, not only for destruction and transportation of troops and supplies, but also for it’s initial use of reconnaissance.