I keep hearing about how generals are always prepared to win the previous war, but it seems to me like that is actually not always the case. There are plenty of examples of people who were actually very much prepared for their own time, or even were thinking ahead of their own time.
E.g., the first flatt-top aircraft carrier (HMS Argus) dates from as early as september 1918, long before aircraft were actually any real threat to ships.
Real dive bombing hadn't even been invented yet. There were no frames yet that could even really withstand a steep dive. There were no sights to make it really work.
It was even before the Virginia bombing experiments of 1921, which really only proved that an immobile obsolete ship, with no AA, no pumps, and no damage control, takes hours to sink by the aircraft at the time.
But it goes even before the Argus. The first success with landing an aircraft on a ship goes back to 1911, long before aircraft had shown ANY military value. I mean, they hadn't even been used for recon yet.
E.g., the first flatt-top aircraft carrier (HMS Argus) dates from as early as september 1918, long before aircraft were actually any real threat to ships.
Real dive bombing hadn't even been invented yet. There were no frames yet that could even really withstand a steep dive. There were no sights to make it really work.
It was even before the Virginia bombing experiments of 1921, which really only proved that an immobile obsolete ship, with no AA, no pumps, and no damage control, takes hours to sink by the aircraft at the time.
But it goes even before the Argus. The first success with landing an aircraft on a ship goes back to 1911, long before aircraft had shown ANY military value. I mean, they hadn't even been used for recon yet.
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