Germany, wanting to join the League of Nations but worried about incurring military obligations given that it has basically no (official) military, will ask to have the same exemptions the League grants neutral Switzerland.
Col. Billy Mitchell, who was forced out of the Army Air Service, says the government is refusing to allow him to test a super-airplane capable of flying non-stop from the US to Paris carrying a ton of explosives. “Old fogy ideas are holding back the inevitable,” he says. Officers in the Air Service say they don’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
William Stoddard, author of over 100 books and assistant private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, dies at 89.
Fascinating to me that Mitchell could forsee something like the bombing of Pearl Harbor before the Japanese could. Seems like he annoyed everyone.
ReplyDeleteWith his arrogance and open contempt for his superiors, yes. I don't really have an opinion on his insistence on a separate Air Corps, but he definitely over-estimated the ability of bombing alone to win a war.
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