On August 1, 1943, an enormous armada of America B-24 Liberator bombers roared at nearly treetop level over the peaceful farms and villages of Romania.
Ploe.
In thirty minutes, more firepower was exchanged than in two Gettysburgs, and five men earned the Medal of Honor. airmen had volunteered for the mission despite warnings that half might not return.
Hundreds of U.
S.
Its target--"the taproot of German might," Hitler\'s giant oil refineries at Ploesti.
This mission was Operation Tidal Wave.
On August 1, 1943, an enormous armada of America B-24 Liberator bombers roared at nearly treetop level over the peaceful farms and villages of Romania