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In the News (Tue 8 Dec 09)

  
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The biggest contribution made by the Highlands to the war effort was without doubt the role played by AI Welders in operation PLUTO (Pipeline Under The Ocean) One of World War II’s most secret weapons was not munitions, but an innovative undersea pipeline system that delivered a million gallons of fuel a day.
The allied superiority in oil supplies provided by operation PLUTO was a decisive factor in the battles in Europe PLUTO was one of the most remarkable events of the war - the installation of an underwater pipeline to supply our Forces on the Continent with petrol.
Thus was born Operation Pluto (for Pipe Line Under The Ocean), the daring, inventive, and Top-Top secret plan that eventually delivered a million gallons of fuel a day behind the Allied troops as they advanced across France and Belgium and into Germany.
www.ww2inthehighlands.co.uk /folders/localhistory/operationpluto.htm   (840 words)

  
 To many of those consulted it seemed a preposterous idea
First suggested by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Britain's Chief of Combined Operations, the project called for the highest levels of engineering prowess and ingenuity -and an abundance of endeavour, enthusiasm and energy.
PLUTO was one of the greatest of Britain's wartime secrets and - in the words of Eisenhower - it was "second in daring only to the artificial (Mulberry) harbours."
Adrian Searle's book is the first comprehensive history of Operation PLUTO covering its origins, development and operation after D-Day.
www.holaccom.co.uk /wight/chine/page9.htm   (702 words)

  
  Pluto
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 COMBINEDOPS pluto.htm
Moreover Operation PLUTO made it possible to dispense with the fleets of tankers, which otherwise would have been necessary and spared them the ordeal of concentrated enemy attacks in congested waters, thus undoubtedly saving many hundreds of gallant lives.
The main 'Pipeline Under the Ocean' operation was initially based on Cherbourg and the laying process, over the 70 miles from the Isle of Wight to the Cherbourg peninsula, took as little as 10 hours.
During the operation to lay the cables an HQ ship, several cable ships, tugs, trawlers and barges were employed on this specialised work - a total of 34 vessels with 600 men and officers under Captain J.F.Hutchings.
www.combinedops.com /pluto.htm   (3963 words)

  
 Operation Pluto
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a World War II operation by British scientists, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France.
In England, the PLUTO pipelines were supplied by a 1,600 km (1,000 statute mile) network of pipelines (constructed at night to prevent detection by aerial reconnaissance) to transport fuel from ports including Liverpool and Bristol.
Along with the Mulberry Harbours that were constructed immediately after D-Day, Operation Pluto is considered one of history's greatest feats of military engineering.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/op/operation_pluto.html   (662 words)

  
 Anti Essays : : The Bay of Pigs Invasion
First the wrong people were handling the operation, secondly the agency in charge of the operation was also the one providing all the intelligence for the operation, and thirdly for an organization supposedly obsessed with security the operation had security problems.
In charge of the operation was the Director of Central Intelligence, Allan Dulles and main responsibility for the operation was left to one of his deputies, Richard Bissell.
Operation Pluto was beginning to get blown wide open, the advantage of surprise was lost even this early in the game.
www.antiessays.com /print.php?eid=852   (4078 words)

  
 Jessica Murray's Writing on Astrology
It is in keeping with Pluto's operation that even where dots exist, they are not connected.
But Pluto's operation is more subtle: the truth is not so much restricted, as bent and spun.
Pluto is in its element when under the radar; and it is a well-documented irony that propaganda is more persuasive the more unremarkable it is.
www.mothersky.com /writing/21_wr_pluto_media.html   (3936 words)

  
 Pluto | Serbian | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Pluto and its largest satellite, Charon, could be considered a binary system because they are closer in size than any of the other known planetoid/moon combinations in the solar system, and because the barycentre of their orbits does not lie within either body.
Pluto is smaller than several of the natural satellites or moons in our solar system (see the list of solar system objects by radius).
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a World War II operation by British scientists, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France.
www.babylon.com /definition/Pluto/Serbian   (332 words)

  
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First the wrong people were handling the operation, secondly the agency in charge of the operation was also the one providing all the intelligence for the operation, and thirdly for an organization supposedly obsessed with security the operation had security problems.
In charge of the operation was the Director of Central Intelligence, Allan Dulles and main responsibility for the operation was left to one of his deputies, Richard Bissell.
Operation Pluto was beginning to get blown wide open, the advantage of surprise was lost even this early in the game.
members.aol.com /oohalooo/bayofpigs.html   (4027 words)

  
 Operation Pluto - Demopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a World War II operation by British scientists, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between United Kingdom and France.
Operation Pluto, as it came to be known as, has its origins in the last dying days of the Eisenhower administration and that murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president John F. Kennedy.
Richard Nixon was White House action officer for Operation Pluto in the Eisenhower administration and deeply involved in the day-to-day planning as well as oversight of the entire war against Castro’s Cuba.
demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/Operation_Pluto   (446 words)

  
 pluto - Mixcat Interactive
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a World War II operation by British scientists, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between...
Pluto (also known as Pluto the Pup) is a fictional character made famous in a series of Disney short cartoons.
Pluto: The First Dwarf Planet: Pluto is actually smaller than one of Neptune's moons, Triton.
www.mixcat.com /search.php?q=pluto&websites=1&override=   (338 words)

  
 Operation Zapata - Demopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Operation Zapata was a failed attempt to overthrow the Cuba Government.
Operation Zapata was a failure and became known as the "Bay of Pigs" invasion.
At this point, it is necessary to present some background before describing the execution and the results of Operation Pluto; the attack of a force of Cuban exiles upon their Cuban homeland at the Bahia de Cochinos (The Bay of Pigs).
demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/Operation_Zapata   (2550 words)

  
 History, Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commad
The object of operation 'WADHAM' was defined as being to convince the enemy that a large scale operation was being prepared for the capture of the BREST Peninsula by AMERICAN forces in the early autumn.
Operation 'COCKADE' as a whole was intimately connected with the 'RANKIN' plans for a return of Allied Forces to the Continent in the event of GERMAN weakening or collapse.
Reconnaissance for operations other than those which General MORGAN was preparing would be co-ordinated with his requirements by the Admiralty and Air Ministry in their respective spheres, and if any conflict of interests arose the matter was to be referred to the Chiefs of Staff for decision.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/documents/cossac/Cossac.htm   (18570 words)

  
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Operation Barbarossa, military operation of World War II that lasted from June to December 1941 and saw German forces bid to conquer the European...
Operation Pluto, secret British operation during World War II to construct petroleum pipelines from southern England under the English Channel to...
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 Clandestine US Operations: Cuba, 1961, Bay of Pigs
The Operation Pluto was organized within a remarkably short period of time, between September 1960 and March 1961, and mainly based on the fact that after the fall of Batista thousands of Cubans have left the country and settled in the USA.
In order to better conceal the size of the Operation Pluto, the Invaders and their crews were officially controlled by the "Carribean Marine Aero Corporation", which was also paying the Cuban crews.
For the CIA, the Operation Pluto became a classic synonym for a military disaster, which caused the agency to be comprehensively reorganized.
www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_154.shtml   (5564 words)

  
 Operation Pluto@Everything2.com
Operation Pluto, as the assassination and ensuing invasion was deemed, had the heavy backing of Vice President (and presidential candidate) Richard M. Nixon.
As election day neared, President Eisenhower refused to green light the operation in time to help Nixon.
He often visited the Mongoose base, where the soldiers knew him as "Colonel Rosselli." The 57 year-old gangster also commanded speedboats across the straights to Cuba in dangerous nighttime runs, infiltrating shooters onto the island.
www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1280206   (841 words)

  
 Operation Pluto - Alternative History - a Wikia wiki
Operation Pluto - Alternative History - a Wikia wiki
Operation Pluto was the codename for a massive summer offensive by the forces of the Soviet Union in the Summer of 1943
On March 17, 1942, the massive German armies invaded the Soviet Union.
althistory.wikia.com /wiki/Operation_Pluto   (443 words)

  
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