Operation Alacrity was the code name for a possible Allied seizure of Azores during World War II. It never took place because Portugal agreed to an Allied request for use of air bases. The islands were of enormous strategic value in the defeat of the German U-boats. Portugal, too weak to defend the Azores, or its large colonial empire, or even its homeland, tried to stay neutral in the war. Dictator Salazar was especially worried about a possible German invasion through Spain and did not want to provoke Hitler nor did he want to give Spain an excuse to side with the Axis and invade Portugal due to the strategic importance of the Canary Islands. Great Britain and the United States devised plans to set up air bases regardless of Portugal's disapproval. The plans were never put into operation
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| - Operação Alacrity foi o nome de código para uma operação militar planeada pelo Alto-Comando dos Estados Unidos da América durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, cujo principal objetivo era a ocupação dos Açores por razões estratégicas. A operação não chega a ser executada porque o embaixador britânico em Lisboa, Ronald Campbell, juntamente com Anthony Eden, convence Churchill e Roosevelt a optarem pela via diplomática. A opção defendida por Ronald Campbell acaba por triunfar. A Inglaterra invoca a Aliança Luso-Britânica e Salazar concede o estabelecimento de bases militares nos Açores. (pt)
- Operación Celeridad (del inglés Operation Alacrity) era el nombre en clave de un posible plan aliado de invasión del archipiélago de las Azores durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Nunca llegó a tener lugar porque Portugal estuvo de acuerdo en permitir a los aliados utilizar las bases aéreas en las islas. Las islas tenían un enorme valor estratégico para los aliados en la derrota de los U-boats alemanes. El gobierno portugués, demasiado débil para defender las Azores y su gran imperio colonial, decidió mantenerse neutral en la guerra. El dictador Salazar estaba especialmente preocupado por una posible invasión alemana a través de España y no quería provocar a Hitler o dar una excusa Franco para ponerse del lado del Eje e invadir Portugal. Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos diseñaron planes para (es)
- Operation Alacrity was the code name for a possible Allied seizure of Azores during World War II. It never took place because Portugal agreed to an Allied request for use of air bases. The islands were of enormous strategic value in the defeat of the German U-boats. Portugal, too weak to defend the Azores, or its large colonial empire, or even its homeland, tried to stay neutral in the war. Dictator Salazar was especially worried about a possible German invasion through Spain and did not want to provoke Hitler nor did he want to give Spain an excuse to side with the Axis and invade Portugal due to the strategic importance of the Canary Islands. Great Britain and the United States devised plans to set up air bases regardless of Portugal's disapproval. The plans were never put into operation (en)
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| - Operación Celeridad (del inglés Operation Alacrity) era el nombre en clave de un posible plan aliado de invasión del archipiélago de las Azores durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Nunca llegó a tener lugar porque Portugal estuvo de acuerdo en permitir a los aliados utilizar las bases aéreas en las islas. Las islas tenían un enorme valor estratégico para los aliados en la derrota de los U-boats alemanes. El gobierno portugués, demasiado débil para defender las Azores y su gran imperio colonial, decidió mantenerse neutral en la guerra. El dictador Salazar estaba especialmente preocupado por una posible invasión alemana a través de España y no quería provocar a Hitler o dar una excusa Franco para ponerse del lado del Eje e invadir Portugal. Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos diseñaron planes para instalar bases a pesar de estar en contra de la voluntad del gobierno de Lisboa. Los planes finalmente nunca se realizaron. Finalmente los británicos pidieron utilizar las bases en 1943 y Portugal aceptó, permitiendo a los aliados usarlas. La Operación Celeridad se materializó en el llamado War Plan Gray, un plan de invasión detallado en 1940-1. (es)
- Operation Alacrity was the code name for a possible Allied seizure of Azores during World War II. It never took place because Portugal agreed to an Allied request for use of air bases. The islands were of enormous strategic value in the defeat of the German U-boats. Portugal, too weak to defend the Azores, or its large colonial empire, or even its homeland, tried to stay neutral in the war. Dictator Salazar was especially worried about a possible German invasion through Spain and did not want to provoke Hitler nor did he want to give Spain an excuse to side with the Axis and invade Portugal due to the strategic importance of the Canary Islands. Great Britain and the United States devised plans to set up air bases regardless of Portugal's disapproval. The plans were never put into operation. Instead in 1943 Britain requested, and Portugal agreed, to allow Britain to set up bases there. Operation Alacrity was preceded by War Plan Gray. (en)
- Operação Alacrity foi o nome de código para uma operação militar planeada pelo Alto-Comando dos Estados Unidos da América durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, cujo principal objetivo era a ocupação dos Açores por razões estratégicas. A operação não chega a ser executada porque o embaixador britânico em Lisboa, Ronald Campbell, juntamente com Anthony Eden, convence Churchill e Roosevelt a optarem pela via diplomática. A opção defendida por Ronald Campbell acaba por triunfar. A Inglaterra invoca a Aliança Luso-Britânica e Salazar concede o estabelecimento de bases militares nos Açores. (pt)
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