Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Air War in Europe

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  • Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Air War in Europe
    With Luke Truxal
    Part of our DDay and Battle of Normandy series
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    Also part of our 80th Anniversary Series
    • 80th Anniversary Special
    Understanding Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Vision of Air Power
    Dr. Luke Truxal is an American military historian who focuses on the application of American air power during the Second World War. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 2011 and 2018. His teaching fields include Europe in the twentieth century, United States history, United States military history, and United States political history in the twentieth century.
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  • @morganhale3434
    @morganhale3434 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mr. Truxal has become the go to guy on air warfare strategic planning and execution. His appearances just keep getting better and better and I am learning more about the overall integration of the air war within the Allied war effort than I ever thought possible. Luke is becoming one of your rising stars on WW2TV and his presentations are increasing in quality as well.

  • @DavidPatterson-ry5se
    @DavidPatterson-ry5se 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Luke always produces outstanding content and this was no exception. A great show that makes one even more sure that Eisenhower was the man for the moment.

  • @scottdriscoll2727
    @scottdriscoll2727 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Congrats Paul! That's awesome! Keep it going. Here's to 100,000!

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Fingers crossed!

  • @american_cosmic
    @american_cosmic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was a great program, Mr. Tuxal was very good and he knows his stuff!
    That said, take a shot every time he says "again" -- ;-)

  • @KevinJones-yh2jb
    @KevinJones-yh2jb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Luke always put his presentations into easy laypersons terms to understand. I really enjoyed this presentation first class, many thanks Luke and Woody

  • @michaelgalea5148
    @michaelgalea5148 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wonderful presentation thank you.
    Congratulations Paul on reaching 80K .

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Many thanks!

  • @ME-xh7zp
    @ME-xh7zp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of the best presenters

  • @maxcaravan7584
    @maxcaravan7584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Congratulations Woody and all your presenters - just love all your work. The lessons of the past it seems are as relevant as ever today.

  • @Chiller11
    @Chiller11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Congratulations on 80K subs! I’ve often felt that Eisenhower is given short shrift regarding the strategic and operational levels of the ground war and the air war. Many dismiss him as a politician who keeps the strategic/operational geniuses like Montgomery, Patton, Doolittle etc. pointed in the same direction. It’s nice to see the evidence that Eisenhower’s hand is visible down to the operational level.

  • @Thumpalumpacus
    @Thumpalumpacus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Luke -- hell yeah.

  • @scottgrimwood8868
    @scottgrimwood8868 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Outstanding presentation by Luke. I really liked him connecting the combined air-ground plan from the ETO to today.

  • @jimwatts914
    @jimwatts914 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Howdy folks. Serious and comprehensive study by Truxal of SHAEF’s tactical air plan and how well it worked. Great job by Luke and Woody. Learned lots.

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Jim. Luke did an amazing job condensing a complicated subject

  • @ronbednarczyk2497
    @ronbednarczyk2497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Another great presentation by Luke.

  • @donrussell1394
    @donrussell1394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Catching up on my backlog of great WW2TV shows. This one was varsity-level! Thanks, Woody!

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it mate

  • @HendrikSchoebrechts
    @HendrikSchoebrechts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Splendid. Thank you both. Great presentation and slides. Looking forward to the continued learning thanks to your channel ; surely the 100k will be there soon. And in a couple of months, the October 1944 - March 1945 battles.

  • @davidmyton6057
    @davidmyton6057 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Congratulations on the 80,000 - this is a top-class channel and it’s not a success by accident: it’s down to great content, well presented, deeply researched and from different perspectives. Cheers!

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks very much

  • @KrisV385
    @KrisV385 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was such a good show thanks Woody for this and thanks to Luke for doing such good work to explain this. WW2TV keeps showing why its the best WW2 channel on YT.

  • @nodirips_8537
    @nodirips_8537 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Back in 1994 when the fiftieth anniversary of D day I came across the Osprey volume of the campaign. Allied command was unified on Ike, while german sometimes resembled rival organizations fighting for resources.Thanks to this channel for constantly offering great content!

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're very welcome

  • @johnlucas8479
    @johnlucas8479 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excellent presentation by Luke.

  • @neilharrison1420
    @neilharrison1420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    amazing watch.

  • @jimwalsh1958space
    @jimwalsh1958space 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    another great esentation by luke. thank you WW2TV.

  • @Canopus44
    @Canopus44 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    great show, just watched it!!. Congrats on the 80k!!

  • @georgecooksey8216
    @georgecooksey8216 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent discussion. Thank you Woody and Luke.

  • @michaelgall9848
    @michaelgall9848 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks fellas another great presentation. Well done on the 80k.

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks 👍

  • @davidlavigne207
    @davidlavigne207 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So informative and interesting that I wished it could have went on for another hour. Luke should be teaching at the Air Force or Army academies IMHO. I would adopt him as a son if I could as he is so brilliant to listen too....he chuckles. Isn't it coincidental that reaching 80k subscribers comes on the cusp of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion and campaign Woody? Is this the WW2TV equivalent of securely establishing your "lodgment area?" Well done, and I wish you many more victories in the future of this channel, of which I am proud to be a Patreon member and Channel Subscriber.

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks David

  • @peterbrown1208
    @peterbrown1208 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very informative episode you two.luke your French is improving.

  • @davidk7324
    @davidk7324 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful show, gentlemen. Highlights the allies' capacity for dimensional thinking.

  • @HGmusiclist
    @HGmusiclist 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great show, as always with Luke :)

  • @billyshakespeare17
    @billyshakespeare17 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great show, Paul and Luke. Drop tanks. Hmmm, where did we hear of that subject before??

  • @silentotto5099
    @silentotto5099 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'd be down with a show discussing Leigh-Mallory.

  • @Bruhop60
    @Bruhop60 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great speaker. Very knowledgeable.

  • @AdamMisnik
    @AdamMisnik หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mortain is a head scratcher unless you consider what the Germans frequently did to Soviet breakthroughs in late 1943 and early 1944. The local commanders may have realized how different circumstances were in the West with Allied air supremacy. The decision makers in Berlin probably didn't understand what they were asking them to do.
    Excellent show. I really appreciated how the historian tries to match up the perspective of the actors and the actual results determined post event.

  • @colinlove5062
    @colinlove5062 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting as always as well as though provoking. One thing I’ve recently come to better understand is just how difficult instrument flight was during this period. The amount of skill it took for a pilot to fly without a visual horizon was no small feat. The technology was there prewar but it wasnt until the end of the war that ergonomics of cockpit layout being understood by aircraft designers. The physical motion of constantly looking around at different instruments disturbs the inner ear and disorientation sets in. Not to mention that many key switches that could cause a loss of control were set next to mundane ones that in the heat of the moment a pilot could accidentally hit. Even an experienced pilot could make the mistake when there’s no discernible feel to key them when seconds count and there’s 5 other critical steps needed with just as much precision.

  • @douglaskillock3537
    @douglaskillock3537 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another excellent presentation. Great work. Congratulations on the subscribers

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much!

  • @duwop544
    @duwop544 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And again, and again, and again!
    Great content though, just wanted to snark

  • @johnfranklin8319
    @johnfranklin8319 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe that Operation Cobra was the last time 4 engine bombers were used for tactical air support for ground troops, because of the friendly casualties.

    • @johnfranklin8319
      @johnfranklin8319 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m going to add too my comment because I looked it up. It was the case that Operation Cobra was the last use of 4 engine bombers for tactical air support for ground troops. It came from Eisenhower himself, that due to the risk of friendly casualties 4 engine bombers will not be used for tac air support, and they were not used again in the ETO for the remainder of the war.

  • @bloviatormaximus1766
    @bloviatormaximus1766 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unlikable historical figures "make you famous"

    • @WW2TV
      @WW2TV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Explain?