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    Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to disrupt Japanese shipping...
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  • Operation Starvation is the 17th novel in the long-running Nick Carter-Killmaster series of spy novels. Carter is a US secret agent, code-name N-3, with...
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    strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive fire bombing campaign against Japanese cities and Operation Starvation, a crippling...
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    largest examples being the mining of the Japanese sea routes in Operation Starvation. Laying a minefield is a relatively fast process with specialized...
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    Field was the base for the 313th Bombardment Wing which carried out Operation Starvation, the dropping of naval mines in the harbors and sea lanes used by...
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    or resupply. During Operation Starvation, Allied forces used airdropped mines to severely disrupt Japanese logistical operations within their own borders...
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    The Japanese finally broke off the operation on 3 July. They had lost over 50,000 troops, mainly to starvation and disease—the worst defeat suffered...
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    In an internal combustion engine, fuel starvation is the failure of the fuel system to supply sufficient fuel to allow the engine to run properly, for...
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    publicly appreciated, the mining of Japanese ports and shipping routes (Operation Starvation) carried out by B-29s from April 1945 reduced Japan's ability to...
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    by air with B-29 Superfortresses in a successful mission called Operation Starvation, which severely interrupted Japanese logistics. On September 2, 1945...
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    Japan's vital coastal shipping operations were severely hampered with extensive aerial mining by the U.S.'s Operation Starvation. Regardless, these efforts...
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    Japan's vital coastal shipping operations were severely hampered with extensive aerial mining by the US's Operation Starvation. Regardless, these efforts...
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    World War II List of lost United States submarines Operation Starvation United States Submarine Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe Euan Graham...
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    shortages and exterminate the Slavic population through starvation. Mass shootings and gassing operations, carried out by German death squads or willing collaborators...
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    the systematic starvation of its civilian population. The capture of Leningrad was one of three strategic goals of the German Operation Barbarossa and...
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    of Wiener Neustadt in World War II The Blitz Air raids on Japan Operation Starvation, the American naval mining of Japanese water routes and ports conducted...
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  • According to a group of UN experts, as of July 2024 Israel's "targeted starvation campaign" had spread throughout the entire Gaza Strip, causing the death...
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    training and logistics. LeMay designated the aerial mining campaign Operation Starvation. As the United States had only occasionally used mines up to this...
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    In addition, in June 1951, a general food-control program called 'Operation Starvation' was instituted. In 'food restricted areas', eating was only permitted...
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  • 1949. March 27 – WWII: The United States Army Air Forces begins Operation Starvation, laying naval mines in many of Japan's seaways. Argentina declares...
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    invasion of Manchuria. The operation had two parts: Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet. Set to begin in November 1945, Operation Olympic was intended to...
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    submarine campaign played the largest role, while naval mining by air in Operation Starvation also played a significant role, sinking or damaging more than 1,250...
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    danger of starvation. After it was realised that Manna and Chowhound would be insufficient, a ground-based relief operation named Operation Faust was...
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    January 1945, and was completed by the middle of the year. To support Operation Starvation, the aerial mining campaign against Japan, an aerial mining depot...
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    out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began...
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    Army Air Forces's mining operation, Operation Starvation, had effectively cut off Japan's imports. A complementary operation against Japan's railways...
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  • attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. 1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina...
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    re-engaged in Iraq, leading a new coalition under Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, as the conflict evolved into the ongoing insurgency...
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    Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon...
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    Graham-Harrison, Emma (17 November 2023). "Gaza faces 'immediate possibility' of starvation as disease spreads, UN says". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from...
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