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Tactical Airpower in Europe
Following a series of successful military campaigns in the 1930s and 1940s, Nazi Germany occupied large portions of Western and Central Europe. In June 1944, the United States and other Allied Nations landed ground forces in France in a mission called Operation Overlord. The invasion’s first day, June 6, was called, “D-Day.”
For the next year, the Allied armies forced the German military from France and other occupied nations until Germany’s ultimate surrender on May 8, 1945. The Allies’ success over Germany hinged on the successful cooperation between the Army on the ground and the Army Air Forces’ (AAF) ability to deliver Tactical Airpower.
Tactical Airpower defined: A type of aerial warfare specifically focused on defeating an enemy’s air force and influencing ground or naval operations by destroying the enemy’s forces on the battlefield.

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