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Operation Tidal Wave: The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War

Operation Tidal Wave: The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War

Lupiano, Vincent Depaul

Hardcover

General United States HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 1493053728
ISBN13: 9781493053728
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: Dec 1 2020
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
Operation Tidal Wave tells the story of the bloodiest air battle in the history of war. It is about 1700 airmen who set out to bomb the oil refineries surrounding the city of Ploesti, Romania, on August 1, 1943. Success, they thought, would be a force in ending the war. Success instead was extremely limited and 500 airmen were killed, wounded, captured, or interned. Negligible damage resulted at the Ploesti refineries, and a few months later they were operating at one-hundred percent capacity. To show the asperity of the raid, five Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded, two posthumously.

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