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
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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.
Uniting against the Reich: The American Air War in Europe by Luke W. Truxal
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Thanks fellas another great presentation. Well done on the 80k.
Congrats Paul! That's awesome! Keep it going. Here's to 100,000!
Wonderful presentation thank you.
Congratulations Paul on reaching 80K .
another great esentation by luke. thank you WW2TV.
Unlikable historical figures "make you famous"
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.
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.
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!
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.
Excellent presentation by Luke.
Another great presentation by Luke.
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.
One of the best presenters
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.
Very informative episode you two.luke your French is improving.
Congratulations Woody and all your presenters – just love all your work. The lessons of the past it seems are as relevant as ever today.
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.
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" — 😉
great show, just watched it!!. Congrats on the 80k!!
amazing watch.
Luke — hell yeah.
And again, and again, and again!
Great content though, just wanted to snark
I'd be down with a show discussing Leigh-Mallory.
Catching up on my backlog of great WW2TV shows. This one was varsity-level! Thanks, Woody!
Outstanding presentation by Luke. I really liked him connecting the combined air-ground plan from the ETO to today.
Another great show, Paul and Luke. Drop tanks. Hmmm, where did we hear of that subject before??
Luke always put his presentations into easy laypersons terms to understand. I really enjoyed this presentation first class, many thanks Luke and Woody
Wonderful show, gentlemen. Highlights the allies' capacity for dimensional thinking.
1:07:18– Anyone who didn't come for a Russia/Ukraine tutorial, this is where we get off.