Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen)
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Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen) was a World War II mission in which Serbian resistance forces and the Allies covertly evacuated hundreds of downed Allied airmen from Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II operation
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covert operation ⓘ military rescue operation ⓘ |
| airfieldConstructed |
makeshift airstrips near Koceljeva
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makeshift airstrips near Pranjani ⓘ |
| airmenNationality |
American
ⓘ
British ⓘ other Allied nationalities ⓘ |
| airmenRescuedFrom | downed bombers of the Fifteenth Air Force ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Halyard Mission
ⓘ
Operation Air Bridge ⓘ |
| belligerent | Allies of World War II ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of local resistance aiding Allied forces in occupied Europe ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Arthur Jibilian
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Draža Mihailović ⓘ George Musulin ⓘ Nick Lalich ⓘ |
| location |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Axis-occupied Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia
Serbia ⓘ |
| method |
covert air evacuation
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nighttime C-47 transport aircraft landings ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cooperation between OSS agents and Chetnik resistance
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one of the largest Allied aircrew rescue operations behind enemy lines in World War II ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleRescued |
approximately 512 Allied airmen
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over 500 Allied airmen ⓘ |
| objective |
evacuate Allied aircrews from behind enemy lines
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rescue downed Allied airmen ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
Office of Strategic Services
ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| partOf | World War II ⓘ |
| relatedTo | strategic bombing of oil fields in Ploiești ⓘ |
| result | successful evacuation of hundreds of Allied airmen ⓘ |
| risk | German reprisals against local civilians ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Chetniks
ⓘ
surface form:
Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army
Chetniks ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian resistance forces
Chetniks ⓘ
surface form:
Yugoslav Chetniks
|
| theater | Balkan theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
August 1944
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December 1944 ⓘ |
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