Today we're exploring the development of French bombing aircraft in the interwar period.

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Recommended reading:
French Bombers of WWII by Jose Fernandez - https://amzn.to/3RNiAwl
The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force by Greg Baughen - https://amzn.to/3toeWQh
French Aircraft of the First World War by James Davilla and Arthur Soltan - https://amzn.to/482YUdL
French Aircraft From 1939 to 1942 Vol 1 & 2 by Dominique Breffort & Andre Jouinau - https://amzn.to/3Ty9QM8 & https://amzn.to/3Twva4l
Les Avions Potez by Jean Louis Coroller and Michel Ledet - https://amzn.to/3v80mNp
Les Avions Breguet Vol.1 and Vol.2 by Henri Lacaze- https://amzn.to/4778CKS
Les Avions Farman by Jean Liron - https://www.amazon.fr/Avions-Farman-L...
Les Avions Bernard by Jean Liron - https://amzn.to/48q7mU0
The Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet - https://amzn.to/472zfjX
Guerra agli inermi ed Aviazione d'assalto (War on the defenseless and assault aviation) by Amedeo Mecozzi - https://www.amazon.it/Guerra-agli-ine...


Published Journal Articles
The Strategic Dream: French Air Doctrine in the Inter-War Period, 1919-39 by Robert J. Young (https://www.jstor.org/stable/260291 )
Douhet's Antagonist: Amedeo Mecozzi (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26276033... )

0:00 Intro
1:28 A brief summary of French Bomber development
7:08 French Bombers in WWI
13:09 WWI French Bombing Doctrine
18:53 Interwar bombers - Farman Goliath
27:49 Latécoère 6
30:47 Dyle et Bacalan DB-10
34:12 The Tactical Bombers - Breguet 19
39:18 Potez 25
41:55 A Shift In Aerial Doctrine
44:26 Lioré et Olivier LeO 20
49:15 Yet Another Shift In Aerial Doctrine
59:12 The "Battle-Combat-Reconnaissance Plane" Obsession Begins
01:03:16 Blériot 127
01:06:38 Blériot 137
01:08:20 SPCA 30
01:12:09 Bréguet 410
01:15:43 Amiot 140 / Amiot 143
01:22:05 "Heavy" Bombers - SAB AB.20/21
01:25:41 Bernard 82 "Repraisal Bomber"
01:28:22 Farman F.220 / F.222 etc
01:32:49 Bloch MB.200 Medium Bomber
01:37:15 Closing Remarks and Source Material