![]() The focus of Kristie's doctoral research is a study of Désirée Clary Bernadotte, the first fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte and the wife of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. She has taught AP United States and European History in public schools for fourteen years, serving for eight years in the Lewisville Independent School District, is also an Adjunct-Professor of History at Collin College in Frisco, Texas. Kristie is currently a Doctoral student in European History and a Teaching Assistant at the University of North Texas. She also earned graduate credit hours in History from Midwestern State University (2020) in Wichita Falls, Texas. She earned her Master of Arts in Teaching from Columbia College (2012) in Columbia, Missouri. Kristie earned her Bachelor of Science - Secondary Education in Social Studies degree from Fayetteville State University (2008) in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The MHC welcomes new Student Fellow Kristie DeLuna. He is the author of five monographs on air power.Ĭolonel Jeremy Reeves, United States Air Force and UNT PhD candidate, gave the Spring 2023 Executive Council Lecture, "The Limits of Power Projection: US Capabilities and Constraints" on 19 April 2023. He has been the subject matter expert for well- known history shows such as Nazi Megastructures: Battle Ready (2019), What on Earth? (2015) and Nazi Mega Weapons (2013). He is the author or editor of five books and has published numerous articles and book chapters on airpower, technology, space, and cyber warfare. He has taught at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS) of the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB since 2011. His first academic position was as an assistant professor of history at Hawaii Pacific University, where after a year he became the program chair for diplomatic and military studies. He specializes in 20th Century military history, airpower, and diplomacy. The achievement of air superiority allowed the Allies to launch a true "strategic" bombing effort to bring Nazi Germany to its knees.ĭr. Starting in February 1944, the American air forces broke the back of the Luftwaffe and assured complete Allied air superiority over the continent for the D-Day invasion. In addition, production of new fighters fell off substantially due to American bombing. The severe fighting over the Reich in the summer and fall coupled with decimation of air units fighting on the periphery placed a rising and, in the long run, intolerable burden on the Luftwaffe. Starting in late spring 1943, American "strategic" bombing attacks against German industry imposed a wasting attrition on the Luftwaffe's fighter forces. Bereft of fuel and its units ravaged by attrition, the Luftwaffe no longer exercised any influence on the conduct of either air or ground operations. However, as the German army became bogged down on the Eastern Front, British and American air forces undertook a massive air campaign against Germany that accelerated from 1943 through 1945. Germany's successful invasions of France, the Low Countries, the Balkans and the Soviet Union are due in no small part to the professionalism, dedication and skill of the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - played a crucial role in Germany's blitzkrieg tactics by providing both air cover and air artillery for Germany's ground forces. Michael Pavelec, Professor and Director of Research, US Air Command and Staff College. The theme of the Symposium, " Death of the Luftwaffe: The Air War over Germany," was presented by Dr. The 5th War Studies Symposium was held on Monday, at the Embassy Suites in Denton. in Korea still resonates in popular memory. ![]() His talk will contextualize China's understanding of its twentieth-century wars and how China's experience of war against Japan and against the U.S. Our luncheon address will be presented by Professor Mitter, who will examine the rise of China's military, and explore the ways that technology, economics, and geopolitical goals come together in Beijing's thinking. He will explain the emerging patterns that suggest a future conflict by discussing the Chinese perspective on US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific. Professor Deng will answer fundamental questions about the origin and nature of the great power politics that have made war a possibility. ![]() The 2023 Seminar, titled "Will There Be War? The US-China Rivalry and the Dangers of War," will feature two outstanding scholars: Professor Yong Deng of the US Naval Academy and Professor Rana Mitter of Harvard. The 40th Annual Alfred and Johanna Hurley Military History Seminar will be held on 2 December 2023 at the UNT Gateway Center on the main UNT campus in Denton. Statement in Support of Trans Children, LGBTQ+ People, and their Allies.UNT History Trans and LGBTQ+ Autonomy and Equality Syllabus. ![]()
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