Reply to: The Battle of France, Bartholomew and Barratt: the creation of Army Cooperation Command

Matthew Powell’s article The Battle of France, Bartholomew and Barratt: The Creation of Army Cooperation Command, published in APR in Spring 2015, provoked a response from Greg Baughen whose viewpoint, published in APR in Spring 2016, gave an alternative insight to the investigations following the Battle of France, 1940. Greg Baughen sought to explain the War Office’s frustration with the lack of appetite for Close Air Support shown by the Air Ministry, by examining and highlighting the tactical success of the Luftwaffe in 1940. Here Matthew Powell explains that the Air Ministry was equally frustrated at the War Office’s lack of appreciation for the Operational and Strategic levels of war and their commitment to the Tactical.