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Part 5, Schemes and Dreams.

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Four Air Forces during the Second World War, there are three broad categories of performance

during the war.

The first category involves air forces that entered the war in a rough state, and were never

given the opportunity to recover. I would put France and Poland as good examples of this.

The second are air forces that entered the war in a very good situation, did very well,

and then that productivity declined over the course of the war, due to their own actions

and those of their enemies.

The German and Japanese air forces fall into this category.

The third category are air forces that got generally pummeled for a bit early in the conflict,

but would eventually turn things around. Notable members in this club include the Soviet Union

and the United States. Another member in category three, and our topic for this episode,

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