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| I RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS AND ALLIED POLICIES | 1 |
| Resistance Movements in Occupied Europe | 2 |
| Functions and Needs of Resistance Groups | 8 |
| Allied Policy of Support for Resistance Movements | 9 |
| II ESTABLISIHMENT OF ALLIED AGENCIES AND AIR UNITS FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS |
| Definition and Origin of Special Operations | 14 |
| Special Operations Agencies in the Mediterranean Theater | 15 |
| Allied Missions with the Yugoslav Partisans | 17 |
| Air Units in Special Operations, Mediterranean Theater | 19 |
| Evolution of the 334 (SD) Wing (RAF) | 19 |
| Evolution of the 2641st Special Group (Prov) (AAF) | 22 |
| Twelfth Air Force Troop Carrier Units in Special Operations | 26 |
| The Balkan Air Force | 28 |
| The Russian Group at Bari | 29 |
| Evolution of the 492d Bombardment Group in the United Kingdom | 32 |
| III PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MISSIONS TO RESISTANCE GROUPS |
| Special Duty Aircraft and Training of Crews | 37 |
| Planning Supply Missions in the Mediterranean Theater | 41 |
| Planning CARPETBAGGER Missions | 44 |
| Loading Supply Droppers | 46 |
| Difficulties Encountered En Route to Targets | 49 |
| Techniques ot Supply Dropping | 51 |
| Landing Missions and Landing Grounds | 56 |
| IV SUPPLY OPERATIONS TO WESTERN EUROPE AND POLAND |
| CARPETBAGGER Activities from January to September 1944 | 60 |
| North African Supply of the Maquis in Southern France | 66 |
| Mass Drops by the 3d Air Division to Southern France | 69 |
| Supply Missions to Poland | 75 |
| Enemy Countermeasures | 77 |
| V SUPPLY OFERATIONS TO THE BALKANS AND ITALY |
| Allied Aid for Yugoslav Partisans to the End of 1943 | 81 |
| AAF Supply Missions to Yugoslavia and Albania | 83 |
| 62d Troop Carrier Group Operations, February-March1944 | 84 |
| 60th Troop Carrier Group Operations, April-October 1944 | 86 |
| The Final Period, October 1944-May 1945 | 92 |
| Evaluation | 99 |
| Missions to Greece and Other Balkan Areas | 102 |
| Missions to North | 107 |
| VI INFILTRATION AND EVACUATION |
| General Infiltration Missions | 113 |
| Special Infiltration Missions | 115 |
| Air Evacuation of Allied Agents | 118 |
| Routine Evacuation from the Balkans | 120 |
| Large-Scale Evacuations requested by Marshal Tito | 123 |
| Evacuation of Allied Aircrews | 129 |
| VII LEAFLET OPERATIONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ITALY |
| Production and types of Propaganda Leaflets | 135 |
| AAF Units Engaged in Leaflet Dropping | 139 |
| Techniques of Leaflet Dropping | 143 |
| Nickeling Operations from the United Kingdom | 145 |
| Nickeling Operations in the Mediterranean Theater | 152 |
| GLOSSARY | 159 |
| FOOTNOTES | 160 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 205 |
| APPENDIX |
| 1. Organization of Special Operations, Mediterranean Theater, December 1943 | 206 |
| 2. Organization of Special Operations, Mediterranean Theater, April 1944 | 207 |
| 3.. Organization of Special Operations, Mediterranean Theater, June1944 | 208 |
| 4. AAF, RAF, and Dominion Aircraft Engaged in Special Operations, MTO | 209 |
| 5. Stations of Principal AAF Units Engaged in Special Operations, MTO | 210 |
| 6. Operational Cycle of CARPETBAGGER Missions | 211 |
| 7. CARPETBAGGER Operations, January-September 1944 | 215 |
| 8. CARPETBAGGER Operations by Countries. January-September 1944 | 216 |
| 9. Special Operations by Eighth Air Force Aircraft Based in the United Kingdom, January 1944-April 1945 | 217 |
| 10. Special Operations, 51st Troop Carrier Squadron, February-March 1944 | 218 |
| 11. Special Operations, 11th Troop Carrier Squadron, 1-30 June 1944 | 220 |
| 12. Supply or Balkan Partisans by the 60th Troop Carrier Group, 1 April to 17 October 1944 | 223 |
| 13. Special Operations, Mediterranean Theater, September 1944 | 224 |
| 14. Supply Deliveries to Yugoslavia and Albania, October 1944-April 1945 | 225 |
| 15. Supply Operations in the Mediterranean Theater | 226 |
| 16. Special Operations to Italy, August 1944-April 1945 | 232 |
| 17. A Week Leaflet-Dropping Activities, Eighth¸Air Force, 19-25 February 1945 | 234 |
| 18. Example of Leaflet Distribution on Regular Bombing Missions: Leaflet Distribution, Berlin, by Eighth Air Force | 236 |
| 19. Tons of Leaflets Dropped by All Eighth Air Force Units by Months, October 1943-May 1945 | 238 |
| 20. Leaflet Operations of the Special Leanat Squadron, October 1943-Aprl1 1945 | 239 |
| 21. Tons of Leaflets Dropped Throughout the War by Special Duty Aircraft | 240 |
| 22. Account of a Mission to Greece,10-11 November 1944 | 242 |
| 23. A Carpetbagger with the French Forces of the Interior | 244 |
| INDEX | 249 |
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