Record Nr.

UNINA9910158769903321

Autore

Mason Jr Herbert A

Titolo

Operation Thursday

Pubbl/distr/stampa


San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2015
©2015

ISBN

1-78625-249-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (42 pages)

Collana

The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II ; ; v.5

Altri autori (Persone)

BergeronSSgt. Randy G

Disciplina

940.54420000000005

Soggetti

Military campaigns

Commando troops

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- OPERATION THURSDAY -- A Continent at War -- "A Hell of a Beating" -- The Allies Take the Initiative -- The "Chindits" in Operation LONGCLOTH -- Support from Churchill and Roosevelt -- The First Aerial Invasion -- The Birth of Project 9 -- Assembling a Volunteer Force -- The Best Aircraft for the Mission -- Specialized Training and Equipment -- Airmen Bound for India -- THURSDAY. -- Final Preparations -- Operation THURSDAY Dawns -- The Gliders Lift Off -- Ongoing Support -- Aerial Invasion: A Proven Concept -- Lessons Learned -- A New Dimension for Air Power.

Sommario/riassunto

Includes 20 IllustrationsOPERATION THURSDAY -- A bold, unconventional use of American air power to support British ground troops in Burma, Operation THURSDAY marked a critical development in the history of modern warfare. On March 5-6, 1944, the Allies conducted an air invasion of Burma, in an attempt to push back the Japanese in the China-Burma-India Theater and re-establish the land route between India and China. U.S. airmen formed a special operations unit--the 1st Air Commando Group--to transport troops to jungle locations and resupply them, often in the line of fire. The remarkable success of this operation lives on, fifty years later, among the elite 1st Air Commando Group--a force committed to meeting the challenge of unconventional warfare any time, any place, anywhere.