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Operation Carpetbagger begins

Operation Carpetbagger begins

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The Office of Strategic Services and Army Air Corps begin Operation Carpetbagger in occupied Europe. The operation air-dropped weapons, ammunition, and supplies to guerrilla fighters in France, Italy, and the Low Countries resisting Nazi and Fascist occupations.

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Year
1944
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