Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
H. G. WELLS
H. G. WELLS
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H. G. Wells47 quotes“Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.”
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