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Ritchie Boy Secrets: How a Force of Immigrants and Refugees Helped Win World War II. Guilford, Connecticut: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0811769969. OCLC 1227916710. Henderson, Bruce (2017). Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler. New York: William Morrow.
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 [update] this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
Joseph R. Beyrle (pron. BYE-er-lee) (Russian: Джозеф Вильямович Байерли; romanized: Dzhozef Vilyamovich Bayyerli; August 25, 1923 – December 12, 2004) is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the United States Army and the Soviet Red Army in World War II.
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (née Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) [1] was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin , Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. [ 2 ]
Richard Quirin (26 April 1908 – 8 August 1942) was a German agent executed as a spy for Nazi Germany in World War II. He was one of eight agents involved in Operation Pastorius, and gave his name to the Supreme Court decision on the trial, Ex parte Quirin.
Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen [1] (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. [2] He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.
Robert Burnham "Bob" Brewer (31 January 1924 – 5 December 1996) [1] was a United States Army officer during World War II, assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Brewer was portrayed without credit to the actor in one episode of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
Serving in the RAF, he became the first American ace of World War II [316] Parker Dupouy American Volunteer Group, USAAF 6.5 [2] Dewey F. Durnford USMC 6.5 DFC (3) [317] Glenn T. Eagleston: USAAF 18.5 DSC, SS Top ace in the 9th Air Force, claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War [318] Hoyt A. Eason 6 SS MIA 3 March 1943 [319] Clyde ...