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About The Story Behind One Of The Most Crucial Missions Of WW2

This is the story of one of the most Top Secret Missions of World War II, called Operation Carpetbagger, and features some of the key players who flew and crewed the Heavy B-24D Liberators that trained and participated in the missions.

The Story Behind One Of The Most Crucial Missions Of WW2 is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 80 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
The Story Behind One Of The Most Crucial Missions Of WW2
Category
Society
Runtime
80 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real History

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