Operation Tidal Wave
eBook - ePub

Operation Tidal Wave

The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War

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eBook - ePub

Operation Tidal Wave

The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781493053735
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. CHAPTER 1: Great Council of War
  3. CHAPTER 2: The Ladder
  4. CHAPTER 3: HALPRO
  5. CHAPTER 4: “The Smart Plan”
  6. CHAPTER 5: Lumbering Lib
  7. CHAPTER 6: Black Gold
  8. CHAPTER 7: Eine Falle
  9. CHAPTER 8: The Sandman Would Live Forever
  10. CHAPTER 9: The Defense Did Not Rest
  11. CHAPTER 10: Spies
  12. CHAPTER 11: Smart Descends
  13. CHAPTER 12: Secrets
  14. CHAPTER 13: The Courage
  15. CHAPTER 14: “Hit Them for Six!”
  16. CHAPTER 15: Everything Will Change
  17. CHAPTER 16: Fortune’s Wheel
  18. CHAPTER 17: Crumble and Crackle
  19. CHAPTER 18: Flak-Zug
  20. CHAPTER 19: “Wrong Turn! Wrong Turn!”
  21. CHAPTER 20: Wings of Madness
  22. CHAPTER 21: And This They Did for Country
  23. CHAPTER 22: The Sandman Redux
  24. Afterword
  25. Coda
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. Bibliography
  28. In Color Acknowledgments