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 reestablish 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of T.H.E. Pacific
ISBN-13
9781410214829
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91532498
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Author
Jr James a Renfrow, Jr Herbert a Mason, Randy a Bergeron
Publication Name
Operation Thursday: Birth of the Air Commandos
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
56 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
157mm
Item Weight
113g
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Title_Author
Jr James a Renfrow, Jr Herbert a Mason, Randy a Bergeron
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