Naval Innovation: The French Navy and the Question of Aircraft Carriers after the Second World War

In the aftermath of the war, there are no real doctrines in France concerning the use of aircraft carriers. In the interwar period, the French Navy had indeed been interested in the possibilities for such vessels, but the Second World War had offered France little opportunity for their use in sea and air battle. Drawing the lessons from the war, the French Navy, beset by technical and financial problems, turns to the acquisition of British and American carriers until, in the?1950s, it can build a modern fleet around the French-built Clemenceau and Foch.