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This necessitated that the defending army be defeated or driven back and if a sea or ocean intervened that the opposing fleet be defeated or driven under the protection of his land defenses, thus leaving the way open for the landing of armies or for an effective blockade. As a consequence, in land and sea warfare the true objective in war is usually referred to as the enemy army or fleet without considering the fact that the defeat or destruction of such armed forces is merely a means to an end, the successful completion of which leaves the way open for entry into the enemy's country where the true objective, that of subduing his will to resist, can be attained.

This method of making war has been in existence for so many centuries and has become so ingrained in the military hierarchy that it is practically impossible for the average mind to consider any other. But, if other and different means were available which even though admitted would not relieve the army and fleet of their full responsibilities, it is logical to assume that they should be seized upon and developed to their full extent, if necessary at the expense of other less important means,

The World War demonstrated what could be done with a weapon, when Germany almost won the war by starving out England, with the submarine, which could dive under the surface fleet leaving the vaunted battleship to waste its blows in the air, the greatest naval power that has ever existed.

At the same time the airplane passed from a experiment to a true military weapon and while its limited numbers and lack of proper equipment precluded its being used to its full extent, and except mainly as an 



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