OPERATION TIDAL WAVE: The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War

On August 1, 1943, United States B-24 Liberators took off from airfields around Benghazi for Ploiesti, Romania. The mission, code-named Operation Tidal Wave, was to destroy the oil refineries around Ploiesti, cutting off 30 percent of the oil supply to Nazi Germany and cripple a formidable German war machine. 16 pages of photos.