Operation Aphrodite
independent historians specialising in military disasters and command failures
Selection · Edition 2026-06-19
Lions Led By Donkeys covers Operation Aphrodite, the USAAF's harebrained 1944 scheme to use radio-controlled B-17s packed with explosives against V-weapon sites — the programme that killed Joe Kennedy Jr. Classic LLBD territory: a genuinely dangerous idea, questionable command decisions, and a body count that outweighed any results.
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