The Ploiesti Raid 1943 [Operation Tidal Wave]

Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania on 1 August 1943, during World War II. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the "oil campaign" to deny petroleum-based fuel to the Axis. The mission resulted in "no curtailment of overall product output", and so was unsuccessful.

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[oklahoma47]

@MihaiPaulBotosani And congratulations for successfully defending Nazi Germany's oil supply, thus extending the war.

By the way, I am named after my uncle, who was a navigator on one of the B-24's that was shot down over Ploesti.

[oklahoma47]

@MihaiPaulBotosani No...there was no failure at all at Bogdanovka. The Romanian part in the operation of the Bogdanovka death camp went completely according to plan. Over 40,000 people were slaughtered,, some of them burned alive, some forced to dig mass graves with their bare hands, some frozen to death. An unqualified success.

[MihaiPaulBotosani]

@oklahoma47 Yeah... failure is a success.....

[oklahoma47]

@MihaiPaulBotosani Bogdanovka, however, was a complete success.

[gaffersanddp]

who won? now they have torture facilities and missile bases in romania, all in the name of freedom of course

[MihaiPaulBotosani]

pure propaganda. the americans managed to damage only 1 refinery, we`ve defended the rest. this operation was a total failure.