Adherents promoted notions of racial superiority and race destiny. Imperial states have sometimes promoted notions of racial superiority. As such, MacArthur implicitly rejected White American contemporary notions of their own racial superiority. Low estimates were sometimes reflective of European notions of cultural and racial superiority. Neither man was confident of gaining air superiority. This would seem to indicate that the intellectual superiority of AMH populations may be questionable. Central to both groupings was the belief in Germanic (white Nordic) racial superiority. The gained air superiority but suffered far greater losses than the army. To some extent it unifies superiority and incongruity theory. Artillery fire aimed to gain superiority over the enemy guns. Upset by being unable to gain moral superiority, Lisa runs off. The regiment had the task of gaining air superiority. Thus the development of a new air superiority fighter became a priority. Despite their numerical superiority, Henry's forces were overwhelmed. A cultural superiority of Italians, rather than a view of racialism.