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... theater and using their supplies . To complicate matters , there were the Allies to deal with . Mountbatten protested to the British Chiefs of Staff , who agreed with him that all the theater commanders should be able to use the B - 29s ...
... theater and using their supplies . To complicate matters , there were the Allies to deal with . Mountbatten protested to the British Chiefs of Staff , who agreed with him that all the theater commanders should be able to use the B - 29s ...
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... theater began in early April . The Superforts flew to the northeastern United States , then on to Gander , Newfoundland ; over the Atlantic to Marrakech , Morocco ; across the Sahara Desert to Cairo , Egypt ; then to Karachi , India ...
... theater began in early April . The Superforts flew to the northeastern United States , then on to Gander , Newfoundland ; over the Atlantic to Marrakech , Morocco ; across the Sahara Desert to Cairo , Egypt ; then to Karachi , India ...
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... theater . Whereas 44 percent of losses of heavy bombers in the European theater of operations and 31 percent in the Mediterranean theater of opera- tions were attributed to fighters , the figure for the Twentieth Air Force was 21 ...
... theater . Whereas 44 percent of losses of heavy bombers in the European theater of operations and 31 percent in the Mediterranean theater of opera- tions were attributed to fighters , the figure for the Twentieth Air Force was 21 ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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