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Operation Condor (other)
Operation Condor can have several meanings: Military operations * Operation Condor (1954), a French intelligence service GCMA operation during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu on 30 April 1954 * The 1966 Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 hijacking, also known as "Operativo Cóndor" * Operation Condor, a campaign of assassination and intelligence-gathering conducted by several Latin American countries in the mid-1970s * Operation Condor (Afghanistan), a 2002 British-led operation in southeastern Afghanistan * Operation Condor, a never mounted World War II mission, proposed in conjunction with Operation Constellation, among others Film * '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'', a 1991 film starring Jackie Chan, also known as ''Operation Condor'' * ''Armour of God'' (film), a 1986 film starring Jackie Chan, also known as ''Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods'' * ''Operation Condor'' (2022 film), a Peruvian political thriller film See also * Condor (other) Condor is the common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Condor (1954)
Operation Condor (also known as Operation D) was a secret operation of the French Groupement de Commandos Mixtes Aéroportés against the Viet Minh supply column. It happened during the First Indochina War's climactic Battle of Dien Bien Phu from April, 28th to May, 10th 1954. Mission objectives Operation Condor was an attempt to weaken the Viet Minh artillery's assaults against the besieged French Union garrison of Dien Bien Phu. On April 22 1954, General Cogny insisted with his superior General Navarre to take a decision about Condor. General Navarre approved the mission on April 27 and it was launched on April 30.Dien Bien Phu - Le Rapport Secret', Patrick Jeudy, TF1 Video, 2005 Jedburgh veteran Captain Jean Sassi led the GCMA Malo - Servan commando unit consisting of Mèo partisans through the jungle, they dropped then walked all day to join Dien Bien Phu. Sassi's objective was "to allow a kind of breakthrough with the help of the French Union troops based at Éliane hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 Hijacking
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Condor
Operation Condor ( es, link=no, Operación Cóndor, also known as ''Plan Cóndor''; pt, Operação Condor) was a United States–backed campaign of political repression and state terrorism, state terror involving Intelligence (information gathering), intelligence operations and assassination of opponents. It was officially and formally implemented in November 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America. Due to its clandestine nature, the precise number of deaths directly attributable to Operation Condor is highly disputed. Some estimates are that at least 60,000 deaths can be attributed to Condor, roughly 30,000 of these in Argentina, and the Archives of Terror list 50,000 killed, 30,000 Forced disappearance, disappeared and 400,000 imprisoned. Additionally, American political scientist J. Patrice McSherry gives a figure of at least 402 killed in Condor operations which crossed national borders in a 2002 source, and mentions in a 2009 source that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Condor (Afghanistan)
Operation Condor was the name of a major British-led operation in southeastern Afghanistan. The operation began on 17 May 2002 when a patrol of the Australian Special Air Service was ambushed. The British 45 Commando then flew in to destroy the guerilla force that had exposed itself. It followed Operations Snipe, Torii and Anaconda Anacondas or water boas are a group of large snakes of the genus ''Eunectes''. They are found in tropical South America. Four species are currently recognized. Description Although the name applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to re .... References Condor Condor condor {{UK-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Constellation
''Operation Constellation'' was the name of one of a number of missions proposed by Vice Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1943 to take back the Channel Islands from German occupation of the Channel Islands, German occupation during World War II. It was never mounted. The other missions were ''Operation Condor'', ''Operation Concertina'', and ''Operation Coverlet''. Background Between 1940 and 1945, the Channel Islands were the only British territory to come under Nazism, Nazi occupation. On these islands were entrenched almost 40,000 German soldiers, sailors and airmen, behind fortifications that had consumed more than 10% of the concrete used in the Atlantic Wall which stretched from Norway to the Pyrenees. Proposal In 1943, United Kingdom, British Chief of Combined Operations, Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten proposed ''Operation Constellation'', an offensive against the Channel Islands, ''Operation Concertina'', an offensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Condor
Operation Condor ( pt, Operação Condor; es, link=yes, Operación Cóndor) was a United States-backed campaign of political repression and state terrorism, involving intelligence operations, CIA-backed coups, as well as assassinations of left-wing sympathizers, liberals and democrats and their families in South America which formally existed from 1975 to 1983. Operation Condor was officially and formally implemented in November 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America. Due to its clandestine nature, the precise number of deaths directly attributable to Operation Condor is highly disputed. Some estimates are that at least 60,000 deaths can be attributed to Condor, with up to 30,000 of these in Argentina. The Archives of Terror list 50,000 killed, 30,000 disappeared and 400,000 imprisoned. Additionally, American political scientist J. Patrice McSherry gives a figure of at least 402 killed in Condor operations which crossed national borders in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
