Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1940-1943

Matthew Powell is an independent scholar who has taught at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published on Army Co-operation Command in Canadian Military History, Air Power Review and the British Journal for Military History.

• Introduction.- 1. Army Co-operation at Home and Abroad.- 2. Tactical Air Power and the Battle of France, 1940.- 3. The Creation of Army Co-operation Command.- 4. The Work of Army Co-operation Command, 1941.- 5. The Beginning of the End of Army Co-operation Command, 1942.- 6. The End of Army Co-operation Command, 1943.- Conclusion.

“The author’s astute handling of relevant primary sources and secondary scholarship makes his book a welcome resource for students and scholars of modern warfare, combined-arms operations, and air power. … The Development of British Tactical Air Power is a small brick in the wall of military history, but a solid one.” (Carl Cavanagh Hodge, Michigan War Studies Review, miwsr.com, June 19, 2020)