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Operation Blunderbuss
Part of the Asianna and the Pacific Campaign of the Second Europan War
Date5 June 1944 - 25 August 1944
Location
Kyachindwinese-Bethausian Border
Result Allied Victory
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
North Asianna Expeditionary Front
5th Army
Strength
  • 250,000 troops
  • 750 tanks
  • 4,250 vehicles
  • 600 guns
  • 500 aircraft
  • 325,000 troops
  • 950 tanks
  • 2,750 vehicles
  • 950 guns
  • 650 aircraft
Casualties and losses
9,855 killed or wounded
150 tanks
550 vehicles
50 guns
97 aircraft
37,958 killed or wounded
20,785 dead from disease
350 tanks
1,549 vehicles
121 guns
177 aircraft

Operation Blunderbuss or the Allied Invasion of Bethausia (5 June 1944 - 25 August 1944) was the codename for the Allied invasion of Bethausia. The operation was the second largest invasion in the Asianna and the Pacific Campaign and the first time that the Paratooper Regiments and Commandos were used in the Asianna theatre.

The Operation began with an Allied Glider and Paratrooper drops in Mission Noting and Mission Thunder.

Background

Prelude

The Battle

Aftermath

Casualties