Operation Chowhound
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Operation Chowhound was a World War II Allied air mission in 1945 that dropped food supplies to starving civilians in German-occupied Netherlands near the end of the conflict.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Chowhound canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
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humanitarian airlift operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Chowhound Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedAt | airfields in England ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Allies of World War II
NERFINISHED
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Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| cause | Dutch famine of 1944–1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
conducted under temporary ceasefire arrangements
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low-level flights over enemy territory ⓘ |
| commandedBy | United States Eighth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith |
German military authorities in the Netherlands
ⓘ
Operation Manna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945-05-08 ⓘ |
| followedBy | postwar relief efforts in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| follows | Dutch famine of the Hunger Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect | saved thousands of Dutch civilians from starvation ⓘ |
| laterPermittedBy | German occupation authorities in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| location |
Amsterdam region
NERFINISHED
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German-occupied Netherlands ⓘ Leiden region NERFINISHED ⓘ Randstad NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotterdam region NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hague region NERFINISHED ⓘ Utrecht region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | large-scale food drops instead of bombs ⓘ |
| numberOfSorties | approximately 2200 ⓘ |
| objective |
airdrop food supplies to Dutch civilians
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alleviate famine in the occupied Netherlands ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Nazi Germany (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Allied forces
NERFINISHED
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Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Allied operations in Northwest Europe ⓘ |
| precededBy | strategic bombing campaign over Germany ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hunger Winter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| result | significant relief of starvation in western Netherlands ⓘ |
| startTime | 1945-04-29 ⓘ |
| target | starving Dutch civilians ⓘ |
| temporalContext | final weeks of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| theater | European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonnageDelivered | over 4000 tons of food ⓘ |
| usedAircraft |
B-17 Flying Fortress
NERFINISHED
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heavy bombers ⓘ |
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