The ejection of the Japanese from Burma had been made possible, in Park’s view, by air power – both air supply and direct support of land forces. Air supply depended on good ground organization. Unfortunately, this had not been appreciated by the army authorities, whose attitude had been consistently parsimonious and compared poorly with that of the Americans. They had understood more clearly than British commanders that once air superiority had been achieved, the availability of airfields and transport aircraft governed the maintenance and supply of forces in the fields. The Japanese had
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