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 / Bloodiest air battle in the history of war Vincent dePaul Lupiano. - xiv, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Great Council of War -- The Ladder -- HALPRO -- "The Smart Plan" -- Lumbering Lib -- Black Gold -- Eine Falle -- The Sandman Would Live Forever -- The Defense Did Not Rest -- Spies -- Smart Descends -- Secrets -- The Courage -- "Hit Then for Six! -- Everything Will Change -- Fortune's Wheel -- Crumble and Crackle -- Flak-Zug -- "Wrong Turn! Wrong Turn!" -- Wings of Madness -- And This They Did for Country -- Afterword -- The Sandman Redux.
"The story of the bloodiest air battle in the history of war, when 1,700 American airmen set out to bomb the oil refineries surrounding the city of Ploesti, Romania, on August 1, 1943."--
9781493053728 1493053728
2020010418
Ploiești, Battles of, Ploiești, Romania, 1943-1944.
Bombing, Aerial--History--Romania--Ploiești--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Operation Tidal Wave : the bloodiest air battle in the history of war / Bloodiest air battle in the history of war Vincent dePaul Lupiano. - xiv, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Great Council of War -- The Ladder -- HALPRO -- "The Smart Plan" -- Lumbering Lib -- Black Gold -- Eine Falle -- The Sandman Would Live Forever -- The Defense Did Not Rest -- Spies -- Smart Descends -- Secrets -- The Courage -- "Hit Then for Six! -- Everything Will Change -- Fortune's Wheel -- Crumble and Crackle -- Flak-Zug -- "Wrong Turn! Wrong Turn!" -- Wings of Madness -- And This They Did for Country -- Afterword -- The Sandman Redux.
"The story of the bloodiest air battle in the history of war, when 1,700 American airmen set out to bomb the oil refineries surrounding the city of Ploesti, Romania, on August 1, 1943."--
9781493053728 1493053728
2020010418
Ploiești, Battles of, Ploiești, Romania, 1943-1944.
Bombing, Aerial--History--Romania--Ploiești--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.