| Description |
1 online resource (73 pages) : illustrations, color maps. |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Studies in Battle. |
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Studies in battle (Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press)
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| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed July 24, 2013). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-71). |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Knight's Move -- Origins of the raid -- The plan -- The airborne raid -- Partisan picture -- Execution, X-Day: 0700: Airborne assault wave reaches the objective ; 0930: Drvar occupied, main attempt to capture Tito ; 1000: Battle group moves to the southwest ; 1200: The second wave arrives ; 1800: Battalion withdraws to cemetery ; 2130: Cemetery position occupied -- Execution, X-Day plus 1: 0330: Enemy attacks repulsed ; 0600: Direct air support resumes ; 0700 to 1000: Link up with ground forces -- Analysis -- Appendix: 500/600th SS-Parachute Battalion chronology. |
| Subject |
Drvar, Battle of, Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1944.
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Waffen-SS. SS-Fallschirmjager-Bataillon 500.
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Waffen-SS. SS-Fallschirmjager-Bataillon 600.
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Yugoslavia. Jugoslovenska narodna armija.
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Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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| Added Author |
Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Melson, Charles D. Operation Knight's Move 9780160911408 (OCoLC)828028266 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0383 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 214.2:T 53 |
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