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title: "1 Power Decisive Quotes By Carl Andrew Spaatz"
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> [In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/in-our-victory-over-japan-airpower-was-unquestionably-decisive-that/)

Carl Andrew Spaatz

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## More by Carl Andrew Spaatz

> [If we succeeded, we will have the primary satisfaction of ending the war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/if-we-succeeded-we-will-have-the-primary-satisfaction-of-ending-the/)

Carl Andrew Spaatz

> [The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out sustained operations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/the-first-and-absolute-requirement-of-strategic-air-power-in-this-war/)

Carl Andrew Spaatz

> [In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/in-our-victory-over-japan-airpower-was-unquestionably-decisive-that/)

Carl Andrew Spaatz

> [Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/air-control-can-be-established-by-superiority-in-numbers-by-better/)

Carl Andrew Spaatz

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