Operation Thursday

• Autore: Mason Jr Herbert A
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (42 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.54420000000005
• Soggetto topico: Military campaigns; Commando troops
• Altri autori: BergeronSSgt. Randy G
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II; Operation Thursday
• Titolo autorizzato: Operation Thursday
• ISBN: 1-78625-249-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158769903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II