Ploesti 1943: The Great Raid on Hitler's Romanian Oil Refineries

by Steven J. Zaloga

Book Overview

A new study of one of the most famous, costly, and strategically vital air operations of World War II, the United States' great airstrike against Nazi Germany's oil refineries.

Operation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most controversial air raids by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). At the time, the Romanian Ploesti oil fields produced about a third of all Axis oil, and was Germany's single most important fuel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472831802
• ISBN13: 9781472831804
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"