Operation Chowhound : the most risky, most glorious US bomber mission of WWII

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Beginning with a crazy plan, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, it took raw courage to fly on Operation Chowhound, as American aircrews never knew when the German AAA might open fire on them or if Luftwaffe fighters might jump them. Dando-Collins takes the reader into the rooms where Operation Cho...

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B-17 bomber History 20th century

Food relief, American Netherlands History 20th century

Netherlands Economic conditions 1918-1945

Survival and emergency rations Netherlands History 20th century

United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th

United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th History

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 Food supply Netherlands

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ISBN:

9781137279637

Description:

xiv, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index

Contents:

Navigator Ellis B. Scripture's prayer
Hitler's secret agent
The suspect prince in the world of James Bond
The bridge too far : the failure to liberate Holland
The Germans go on the offensive
Surviving the hunger winter
An offer from Nazi Governor Seyss-Inquart
President "Dutch" Roosevelt's promise
"Beetle" Bedell Smith's plan
Farley Mowat goes behind German lines
The Achterveld Agreement
The first nervous test flight
Ike's hatchet man tells the Nazi Governor straight
The US 8th Air Force prepares for Chowhound
May 1, 1945 : B-17s over Holland at 400 feet
Germans open fire on Chowhound bombers
Audrey Hepburn's birthday present : the liberation of Holland
Grif Mumford's special air delivery to a Dutch sister
Bombardier Braidic's fateful decision
The end : for Seyss-Inquart and the War
The aftermath
The best thing we ever did in the War

LCCN:

2014028702

Control Number:

2410578

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