TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lupiano,Vincent dePaul
TI  - Operation Tidal Wave: the bloodiest air battle in the history of war 
SN  - 9781493053728
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Guilford, Connecticut
PB  - Lyons Press
KW  - Ploiești, Battles of, Ploiești, Romania, 1943-1944
KW  - Bombing, Aerial
KW  - Romania
KW  - Ploiești
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Aerial operations, American
N1  - 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
N2  - "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."--
ER  -