Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII
Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, 2,268 military units flown by the USAAF, dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied...
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Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, 2,268 military units flown by the USAAF, dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland.It took raw courage to fly on Operation Chowhound, as American aircrews never
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781137279637 (113727963X)
ASIN: 113727963X
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English