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World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
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World War II
1939–1945 global conflict
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Carpetbagger
US mission to air-drop matériel to resistance fighters in western Europe and Italy during WWII
Operation Carpetbagger was a World War II operation to provide aerial supply of weapons and other matériel to resistance fighters in France, Italy and the Low Countries by the U.S. Army Air Forces that began on 4 January 1944.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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