Ploesti

The Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943, Revised Edition

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Francis H. Marlo

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On August 1, 1943, an enormous armada of America B-24 Liberator bombers roared at nearly treetop level across the peaceful farms and villages of Romania. This mission was Operation Tidal Wave. Its target - "the taproot of German might," Hitler's giant oil refineries at Ploesti. Hundreds of U.S. airmen volunteered for the mission despite warnings that half might not return. In thirty minutes, more firepower was exchanged than in two Gettysburgs, and five men earned the Medal of Honor. This revised edition includes a new foreword and additional photographs from co-author Carroll Stewart's collection. Ploesti presents a vivid reconstruction of a dramatic and controversial mission.

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JAMES DUGAN served overseas during World War II with the Eighth Air Force photo and newsreel unit and as a staff correspondent for Yank, the Army weekly. He assisted Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau with The Silent World and wrote the narration for Cousteau's feature movie of the same title, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1956 and a Hollywood Oscar the following year. He died in 1967. CARROLL STEWART is a longtime Nebraska newspaperman. During World War II, as a member of the 93rd Bomb Group, he published The Liberator, the first newspaper for overseas U.S. troops.

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April 30th, 2002

Author

Francis H. Marlo

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General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Potomac Books Inc

Pages

336

Publisher

Potomac Books Inc

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9781574885101

Product ID

2117097

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