Allied airlift over the Himalayas (The Hump)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_airlift_over_the_Himalayas_(The_Hump)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military airlift operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Hump
gptkbp:endDate	1945
gptkbp:handlesCargo	gptkb:food gptkb:gasoline shooting medical supplies troops aircraft parts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied airlift over the Himalayas (The Hump)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:China gptkb:India gptkb:Himalayas
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:notableEvent	April 1944 peak month with over 12,000 tons delivered
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Kunming,_China gptkb:Myitkyina_Airfield gptkb:Assam,_India gptkb:Dinjan_Airfield Chabua Airfield Chengkung Airfield Guilin Airfield Kunming Airfield Kweilin Airfield Lashio Airfield Ledo Airfield Liuchow Airfield Luliang Airfield Mohanbari Airfield Nanning Airfield Shingbwiyang Airfield Sookerating Airfield Suichwan Airfield Tezpur Airfield Yunnanyi Airfield
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:1st_Air_Commando_Group gptkb:Air_Transport_Command gptkb:10th_Air_Force
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	closure of the Burma Road
gptkbp:purpose	to supply Chinese forces to support the China-Burma-India Theater
gptkbp:riskFactor	mountainous terrain severe weather Japanese fighter attacks mechanical failures
gptkbp:significance	first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift operation in history
gptkbp:startDate	1942
gptkbp:supplies	gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces US Fourteenth Air Force
gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered	over 650,000 tons
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:C-46_Commando gptkb:C-54_Skymaster gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:China_during_WWII
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7