Operation Chowhound : The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII

from Kristymk18

I received a copy from First Reads in return for an honest review.Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars"In the end, Chowhound was about hope."A great read for any WWII history buffs. Operation Chowhound looks at so much more than just this one operation. Dando-Collins examines the lives and actions of all the...

from Oh_Carolyn

A thoroughly interesting look at the eponymous Operation Chowhound, the Allied mission to drop supplies to the starving Dutch in the waning days of the Second World War. I was very glad to read it, because though I know a fair amount about air bombing missions (my grandfather was a navigator on a...

from Elliot1822

Dando-Collins in his book Operation tells the wonderful and little know story that took place in April 1945. The task was one of planning the most spectacular and dangerous aerial mercy mission in history to that time Almost 4 million Dutch in German-occupied Holland were starving as their food r...

from ryan.adams

A tale of a massive food airdrop in the final days of World War II that is particularly not well-known to anyone. The book itself is interesting to read, and is a fairly quick read. It was also interesting to see all of the negotiations that were involved between various parties (including a come...

from lisa.schureman

I had never heard of Operation Chowhound before, the Berlin Airlift yes, but not this. Nor was I aware of just how desperate the situation was for the Dutch people and how close their country was to being flooded out of existence. This book also does some serious name dropping as well; Ian Flemin...