Air Corps vs. Navy — How Decades of Inter-Service Rivalry Left the U.S. Ill-Prepared for the Battle of the Atlantic
U.S. Navy Vought SBU-1 dive-bombers take part in a 1940 Neutrality Patrol along the Atlantic coast. From the First World War right up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Navy jealously guarded its role in securing the sea lanes; …