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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Depaul Lupiano, Vincent dePaul Lupiano
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781493069309
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-6930-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; USA, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, Second World War, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General