| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 148 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Chennault papers ; no. 1 |
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Chennault Papers ; no. 1.
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| Contents |
The end of Thursday -- The fall of Rangoon -- Allied air response 1942-1944 -- Operations Low, Low Andy, and Low Andy2 -- The "Quebec" conferences -- Operation Eruption -- Operation Grubworm -- Ghost flight -- Thunderbolt -- Operation Scorch -- Operations Capital/Extended Capital -- Myitkyina to Mandalay -- A captive audience -- Amalgamated airlift: April 1945 -- Downward thrust -- Operation Gumption -- Combat force support -- Medical support -- the fighting spirit -- Operation Gumption resumes -- The question? Moverover, the answer! -- Operation Dracula -- Lightning from above? -- Dracula arise! -- Heart of oak (force "w") -- Bombs of target? -- The sun sets on Rangoon -- Impact of 1st and 2nd Air Commando Groups on the Second World War |
| Summary |
"This work is a synopsis of 1st and 2nd Air Commando Groups' action alongside other Allied forces from May 1944 to May 1945 in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. A macro-level overview of events, which affected the Air Commando Groups, or the Japanese occupation of Rangoon, Burma, is included to aid the reader in understanding the context of the various operations. This work is pictorial as well as written to provide a visual of the conflict and enhance the narrative beyond statistics and facts. "After Thursday" is an in-depth view of the groups and the squadrons which comprised the Air Commando units. Special attention was paid not only to the flying squadrons, but also the many units that enabled the personnel assigned to fly and complete their missions. The enlisted side of operations was included for a more comprehensive picture. The work discusses multiple lesser-known operations as well as minor assistance provided to friendly forces and novel uses of technology used to achieve victory in the theater. The assumption that the conflict in Burma ended at the completion of Operation Thursday and the belief that victory was a forgone conclusion proved false. One can only win a conflict when the enemy accepts that it has lost. Thus the account of the events "After Thursday.""--Abstract |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (Air University Press website, viewed on November 17, 2021) |
| Subject |
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Commando Group, 1st.
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United States. Army Air Forces. Air Commando Group, 2nd.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Commando Group, 1st fast |
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United States. Army Air Forces. Air Commando Group, 2nd fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma.
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Military campaigns
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Military operations, Aerial -- American
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Burma
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Air University (U.S.). Press, issuing body.
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