Operation Tidal Wave: The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War Lupiano Vincent Depaul
Operation Tidal Wave: The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War Lupiano Vincent Depaul Operation Tidal Wave tells the story of the bloodiest air battle in the history of war. Success, they…
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Operation Tidal Wave: The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War Lupiano Vincent Depaul
Operation Tidal Wave tells the story of the bloodiest air battle in the history of war. Success, they thought, would be a force in ending the war. It is about 1700 airmen who set out to bomb the oil refineries surrounding the city of Ploesti, Romania, on August 1, 1943.
Negligible damage resulted at the Ploesti refineries, and a few months later they were operating at one-hundred percent capacity. Success instead was extremely limited and 500 airmen were killed, wounded, captured, or interned. To show the asperity of the raid, five Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded, two
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