World War II was a byproduct of World War I and Germany’s anger toward the League of Nations for issuing The Treaty of Versailles. The German government and people felt cheated at the outcome of World War I because Germany had been blamed for the war itself and left to pay the debt of the war. The Treaty of Versailles, produced by the League of Nations, was a treaty forced upon the German people which not only took land from the Germans, including France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia and Poland, but also stated that Germany must pay for the war it had caused, limiting the power of the German government and military. The German military was forbidden to own more than six naval capital ships, an air force, limited to 100,000 men, and tanks
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de Seversky. Seversky grew up in Russia with his father, Nikolai G. Seversky, who was the first Russian to privately own and fly an airplane. At the age of ten, Alexander Seversky attended The Imperial Russian Naval Academy and graduated as a lieutenant. He became a pilot for both the American navy and the U.S Air Core, and Seversky designed, tested, and built new models of planes for the United States. Ever since Seversky was young, he promoted the use of aviation in war, because he believed that land and sea warfare were no match to any opponent who controlled the skies above. It was not until A Victory through Air Power (film) was released that government officials began to take the idea seriously. Winston Churchill was on a flight to Quebec and heard that Franklin Roosevelt had never seen the film and personally sent a copy to him. After seeing the film for the first time, Roosevelt made the commitment to long range bombers through aviation. The purpose of the film was to inform the public about the use of aviation and displayed different war tactics that could ultimately end the war. In the film and book, the evolution of planes from World War I and World War II were explained. For example, in World War I, planes were moving at a mile a minute, soldiers in the planes threw bricks at each other, planes could fire 2,400 bullets per minute, and aerial grenades and 25 pound hand bombs evolved to two ton bombs loaders. By World War II planes were moving at six miles per minute, 9,600 bullets could be fired in one minute, and two ton bomb loaders evolved to ten ton bomb loaders. Before World War I, planes were viewed as a novelty opposed to a weapon. Once World War I ended planes were viewed once again as a novelty opposed to a weapon, and once America was bombed, Americans took another interest in
de Seversky. Seversky grew up in Russia with his father, Nikolai G. Seversky, who was the first Russian to privately own and fly an airplane. At the age of ten, Alexander Seversky attended The Imperial Russian Naval Academy and graduated as a lieutenant. He became a pilot for both the American navy and the U.S Air Core, and Seversky designed, tested, and built new models of planes for the United States. Ever since Seversky was young, he promoted the use of aviation in war, because he believed that land and sea warfare were no match to any opponent who controlled the skies above. It was not until A Victory through Air Power (film) was released that government officials began to take the idea seriously. Winston Churchill was on a flight to Quebec and heard that Franklin Roosevelt had never seen the film and personally sent a copy to him. After seeing the film for the first time, Roosevelt made the commitment to long range bombers through aviation. The purpose of the film was to inform the public about the use of aviation and displayed different war tactics that could ultimately end the war. In the film and book, the evolution of planes from World War I and World War II were explained. For example, in World War I, planes were moving at a mile a minute, soldiers in the planes threw bricks at each other, planes could fire 2,400 bullets per minute, and aerial grenades and 25 pound hand bombs evolved to two ton bombs loaders. By World War II planes were moving at six miles per minute, 9,600 bullets could be fired in one minute, and two ton bomb loaders evolved to ten ton bomb loaders. Before World War I, planes were viewed as a novelty opposed to a weapon. Once World War I ended planes were viewed once again as a novelty opposed to a weapon, and once America was bombed, Americans took another interest in