When WW2 began, the Western Front initially saw little ground combat. But there was plenty of action in the air. On 08 September 1939, six H 75 Hawks of the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air ...

On 10 June 1943 the Pointblank Directive was issued, expanding on the Casablanca Directive of February 1943 which had ordered the destruction of German targets and the undermining of German morale.