ABSTRACT
Whilst Air Chief Marshal Hill and General Pile were attempting to deal with the V-2 offensive, the CoS had already started to look further ahead. The Joint Technical Warfare Committee (JTWC) was directed to undertake a scientific study into the future nature of warfare. An ‘Ad Hoc’ subcommittee was set up under the chairmanship of Sir Henry Tizard (the ‘Tizard Committee’). Tizard had previously chaired the Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence in 1934,1 and more recently had been head of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The Tizard Committee included the scientific advisors to each of the Service Ministries, including Professor Ellis from the War Office.
