Operation Magic Carpet (World War II)
- Operation Magic Carpet (World War II)
"For the other operation with this name, see Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen)."Operation Magic Carpet was the post-World War II effort by the War Shipping Administration to repatriate over eight million American military personnel from the European, Pacific, and CBI theaters. Hundreds of Liberty ships, Victory ships, and troop transports began repatriating soldiers from Europe in June 1945. Beginning in October 1945, over 370 Navy ships were used for repatriation duties in the Pacific. Aircraft carriers, battleships, hospital ships, and large numbers of assault transports were used. The European phase of Operation Magic Carpet concluded in February 1946 while the Pacific phase continued until September 1946.
External links
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200509/ai_n16064642 World War II Operation Magic Carpet]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Opération Magic Carpet — Hangar du porte avions USS Enterprise utilisé comme dortoirs pour GI s durant l opération Magic Carpet. L opération Magic Carpet (en français Tapis volant ) est une opération menée après la Seconde Guerre mondiale par la War Shipping… … Wikipédia en Français
Operation Magic Carpet — This article is about the United States post World War II operation. For the Israeli operation to transport Yemenite Jews to Israel, see Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen). Homeward bound U.S. GIs on board the carrier USS Enterprise during… … Wikipedia
Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen) — Yemenite Jews en route to Israel from Aden Operation Magic Carpet is a widely known nickname for Operation On Wings of Eagles (Hebrew: כנפי נשרים, Kanfei Nesharim), an operation between June 1949 and September 1950 that brought 49,000 Yemenite… … Wikipedia
List of World War II topics (O) — # O I # OA vz.27 # Oak Ridge Associated Universities # Oak Ridge City Center # Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) # Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education # Oak Ridge National Laboratory # Oak Ridge, Tennessee # Oakley Hall #… … Wikipedia
Magic carpet (disambiguation) — A Magic carpet is a mythological flying rug. Magic carpet may also refer to: Magic Carpet (Aladdin), featured in the Disney film Aladdin Magic Carpet (video game), a 1994 first person shooter video game from Bullfrog Productions Operation Magic… … Wikipedia
List of World War II military operations — This is a list of known World War II era military operations, and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2008 this is not a comprehensive list but most major operations which Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included… … Wikipedia
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah — From 1950 to 1952, Operation Ezra and Nehemiah airlifted between 120,000 to 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel[1][2] via Iran and Cyprus. The massive emigration of Iraqi Jews was among the most climactic events of Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim… … Wikipedia
War Shipping Administration — The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US Government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the US needed for fighting the war. On February 7, 1942, WSA was established by… … Wikipedia
War Shipping Administration — WSA Fotografie mit Angabe der im Krieg gebauten Tonnage Die War Shipping Administration (WSA) war eine Behörde, die während des Zweiten Weltkriegs die Aufgabe hatte, für die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Handelsschiffe zu erwerben sowie zu… … Deutsch Wikipedia
War Shipping Administration — Des Victory ships et Liberty ships au chantiers navals de la California Shipbuilding Corporation en avril 1944. La War Shipping Administration (WSA) est une agence de guerre du gouvernement américain, créé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour… … Wikipédia en Français
