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- Operation Bolero war der Deckname für den US-amerikanischen Militäraufbau in Großbritannien während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Vorbereitung für eine geplante Kanalüberquerung. Ursprünglich als Operation Roundup für das Jahr 1943 geplant, wurde diese erst im Juni 1944 mit der Operation Overlord durchgeführt. (de)
- Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name of the United States military troop buildup in the United Kingdom during World War II in preparation for the initial cross-channel invasion plan known as Operation Roundup, to be implemented in mid-1943, or for its lesser contingency alternative, Operation Sledgehammer, to be executed in the fall of 1942 in the event of German setbacks or to ease Axis pressure on the Eastern Front. ("Bolero" was the code name used in official communications to stand in for "United Kingdom" when describing the theater or movements.) What later became the Bolero plan – the buildup of a strategic air force in Great Britain in preparation for Roundup – was first submitted by Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry H. Arnold, to General George Marshall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, on April 12, 1942, and set in motion a huge movement of men and material that laid the groundwork for Operation Overlord. To complement the Roundup invasion plan, planning for the movement and basing of U.S. forces in the United Kingdom was begun at the end of April 1942 and given the code name of Bolero. A combined committee of key British and American logistical officers worked in both Washington, D.C. and London planning the build-up, to co-ordinate the effort on the highest level. On 5 May 1942, Gen. George Marshall and Commanding General, Services of Supply, Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell named Major General John C. H. Lee as Commanding General, Services of Supply, U.S. Army Forces, British Isles. Lee would spend two weeks in Washington on initial planning and key staff, and then fly to England to build the operation, and begin work on the hundreds of bases, airfields, warehouses, depots, hospitals, and storage tanks that would support the 3 million U.S. military personnel eventually coming overseas. In May 1942, with a tentative target date for Roundup of April 1943, the Operations Division of the War Department and USAAF Headquarters drafted plans to transport and house a million American troops: 525,000 ground troops, 240,000 air force troops, and 235,000 from Services of Supply. Arnold's plan to Marshall called for the basing by April 1, 1943, of 21 heavy bomb groups (B-17 and B-24), 8 medium bomb groups (B-26 and B-25), 9 light bomb groups (A-20), 17 fighter groups (P-38, P-39, P-40, and P-47), 6 observation groups, and 8 transport groups—a total of 69 combat groups plus their service units. General Arnold met with RAF Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal at the end of May 1942 and presented the U.S. schedule for the arrival of U.S. Army Air Forces into the theater by March 1943, totalling 3,649 aircraft. The proposed build-up anticipated 15 groups in July, 35 by November and 66 by March, excluding observation squadrons. Arnold anticipated that by the April 1 deadline, the combat units of the Eighth Air Force would have 800 heavy bombers, 600 medium bombers, 342 light bombers, and 960 fighters. (At the time the actual strength of the Eighth in the United Kingdom was 1,871 troops and no aircraft). (en)
- L'operazione Bolero è il nome in codice utilizzato dagli Stati Uniti d'America per identificare l'ammassamento di truppe militari nel Regno Unito durante la seconda guerra mondiale, in preparazione del piano di invasione attraverso La Manica, inizialmente noto come operazione Roundup da attuare a metà del 1943, o per la sua alternativa minore, denominata operazione Sledgehammer, che doveva essere eseguita nell'autunno del 1942 in caso di battute d'arresto tedeschi o per allentare la pressione della Potenze dell'Asse sul fronte orientale. (it)
- Операція «Болеро» (англ. Operation Bolero) — кодова назва операції з перекидання американських збройних сил з території США Атлантичним океаном до Британських островів для проведення вторгнення англо-американських збройних сил у Північно-Західну Європу за планом операції «Раундап». Для успішного виконання плану вторгнення «Раундап», запланованого на квітень 1943, союзники розробили та здійснили проведення масштабного за розміром задіяних сил перекидання особового складу, військових запасів, техніки та майна на територію Великої Британії, а також їх розміщення протягом тривалого періоду часу. Розробка даного плану почалася наприкінці квітня 1942, а вже в травні союзники завершили перший варіант. Операція передбачала передислокацію 1 млн американських солдат (525 000 — армія США, 240 000 — військово-повітряні сили армії США, 235 000 — особового складу забезпечення та підтримки) (uk)
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- Operation Bolero war der Deckname für den US-amerikanischen Militäraufbau in Großbritannien während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Vorbereitung für eine geplante Kanalüberquerung. Ursprünglich als Operation Roundup für das Jahr 1943 geplant, wurde diese erst im Juni 1944 mit der Operation Overlord durchgeführt. (de)
- L'operazione Bolero è il nome in codice utilizzato dagli Stati Uniti d'America per identificare l'ammassamento di truppe militari nel Regno Unito durante la seconda guerra mondiale, in preparazione del piano di invasione attraverso La Manica, inizialmente noto come operazione Roundup da attuare a metà del 1943, o per la sua alternativa minore, denominata operazione Sledgehammer, che doveva essere eseguita nell'autunno del 1942 in caso di battute d'arresto tedeschi o per allentare la pressione della Potenze dell'Asse sul fronte orientale. (it)
- Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name of the United States military troop buildup in the United Kingdom during World War II in preparation for the initial cross-channel invasion plan known as Operation Roundup, to be implemented in mid-1943, or for its lesser contingency alternative, Operation Sledgehammer, to be executed in the fall of 1942 in the event of German setbacks or to ease Axis pressure on the Eastern Front. ("Bolero" was the code name used in official communications to stand in for "United Kingdom" when describing the theater or movements.) What later became the Bolero plan – the buildup of a strategic air force in Great Britain in preparation for Roundup – was first submitted by Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry H. Arnold, to Ge (en)
- Операція «Болеро» (англ. Operation Bolero) — кодова назва операції з перекидання американських збройних сил з території США Атлантичним океаном до Британських островів для проведення вторгнення англо-американських збройних сил у Північно-Західну Європу за планом операції «Раундап». (uk)
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