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Bat bomb, the Glossary

Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States.^[1]

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Animal-borne bombs
Military animals of World War II
Weapon guidance
World War II weapons of the United States

Admiral of the fleet

An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to Field marshal and Marshal of the air force.

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Animal-borne bomb attacks

Animal-borne bomb attacks are the use of animals as delivery systems for explosives. Bat bomb and animal-borne bomb attacks are animal-borne bombs.

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Anti-tank dogs (собаки-истребители танков sobaki-istrebiteli tankov or противотанковые собаки protivotankovye sobaki; Panzerabwehrhunde or Hundeminen, "dog-mines") were dogs taught to carry explosives to tanks, armored vehicles, and other military targets. Bat bomb and Anti-tank dog are animal cruelty incidents, animal-borne bombs and weapon guidance.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico.

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Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.

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Cavern City Air Terminal

Cavern City Air Terminal is a public use airport in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Chemical Corps

The Chemical Corps is the branch of the United States Army tasked with defending against and using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons.

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Donald Griffin

Donald Redfield Griffin (August 3, 1915 – November 7, 2003) was an American professor of zoology at various universities who conducted seminal research in animal behavior, animal navigation, acoustic orientation and sensory biophysics.

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Dugway Proving Ground

Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a United States Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and south of the Utah Test and Training Range.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.

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Ernest J. King

Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II.

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Explosive rat

The explosive rat, also known as a rat bomb, was a weapon developed by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II for use against Germany. Bat bomb and explosive rat are animal-borne bombs and military animals of World War II.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Fu-Go balloon bomb

was an deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II. Bat bomb and Fu-Go balloon bomb are incendiary weapons.

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Harald Hardrada

Harald Sigurdsson (– 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066.

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Hibernation

Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species.

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Incendiary device

Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires. Bat bomb and incendiary device are incendiary weapons.

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Irwin, Pennsylvania

Irwin is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.

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Jack Couffer

Jack Craig Couffer A.S.C. (December 7, 1924 – July 30, 2021) was an American cinematographer, film and television director, and author.

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Japanese Village (Dugway Proving Ground)

Japanese Village was the nickname for a range of houses constructed in 1943 by the U.S. Army in the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, roughly southwest of Salt Lake City. Bat bomb and Japanese Village (Dugway Proving Ground) are incendiary weapons.

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Louis Fieser

Louis Frederick Fieser (April 7, 1899 – July 25, 1977) was an American organic chemist, professor, and in 1968, professor emeritus at Harvard University.

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Mexican free-tailed bat

The Mexican free-tailed bat or Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is a medium-sized bat native to the Americas, so named because its tail can be almost half its total length and is not attached to its uropatagium.

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Military animal

Military animals are trained animals that are used in warfare and other combat related activities.

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Napalm

Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline or diesel fuel). Bat bomb and Napalm are incendiary weapons.

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National Defense Research Committee

The National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) was an organization created "to coordinate, supervise, and conduct scientific research on the problems underlying the development, production, and use of mechanisms and devices of warfare" in the United States from June 27, 1940, until June 28, 1941.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Naval Air Facility El Centro

Naval Air Facility El Centro or NAF El Centro is a United States Navy Naval Air Facility located approximately six miles (10 km) northwest of El Centro, in Imperial County, California.

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Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Office of Strategic Services

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an intelligence agency of the United States during World War II.

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Olga of Kiev

Olga (Ольга; Helga; – 11 July 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957.

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Project Pigeon

During World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for "organic control") was American behaviorist B. F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb. Bat bomb and Project Pigeon are animal-borne bombs, military animals of World War II and World War II weapons of the United States.

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Tim Holt

Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

Also known as Bat bombs, Batbomb, Bomb Bat, Operation x ray, Project X-Ray.

Bat bomb, the Glossary

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See also

Animal-borne bombs

Military animals of World War II

Weapon guidance

World War II weapons of the United States

References