Operation Tidal Wave

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World War II air raid military operation

Operation Tidal Wave was a major World War II Allied air raid targeting Romanian oil refineries at Ploiești in an effort to cripple Nazi Germany’s fuel supplies.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Tidal Wave canonical	9
Operation Tidal Wave II	1
Operation Tidal Wave in 1943	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II air raid ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aircraftUsed	Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Operation Soapsuds ⓘ Ploiești raid ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Romania ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
casualties	hundreds of American aircrew killed or captured ⓘ over 50 B-24 bombers lost ⓘ
commander	Lewis H. Brereton ⓘ Uzal G. Ent ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryTargeted	Romania ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Romania
date	1943-08-01 ⓘ
defendedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ surface form: German Luftwaffe Romanian air defenses ⓘ heavy anti-aircraft artillery ⓘ
effectOnTarget	significant but temporary reduction in Ploiești oil output ⓘ
executedBy	Eighth Air Force ⓘ Ninth Air Force ⓘ Fifteenth Air Force ⓘ surface form: USAAF B-24 Liberator units
isPartOf	Allied bombing of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe
location	Ploiești, Romania ⓘ surface form: Ploiești Romania ⓘ
notableFor	high loss rate among attacking bombers ⓘ precision low-altitude attack on heavily defended refineries ⓘ
objective	strategic bombing of Axis oil production ⓘ to cripple Nazi Germany’s fuel supplies ⓘ
partOf	World War II ⓘ
plannedBy	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
result	Allied tactical success but strategic failure ⓘ heavy Allied losses ⓘ
scale	one of the largest low-level bombing raids of World War II ⓘ
strategicImportance	Ploiești, Romania ⓘ surface form: Ploiești was a major source of oil for Nazi Germany
tacticalApproach	daylight raid ⓘ low-level bombing ⓘ
target	Ploiești, Romania ⓘ surface form: Astra Română refinery Columbia Aquila refinery ⓘ Columbia Aquila refinery ⓘ surface form: Concordia Vega refinery Columbia Aquila refinery ⓘ surface form: Creditul Minier refinery Ploiești, Romania ⓘ surface form: Ploiești oil refineries Columbia Aquila refinery ⓘ surface form: Unirea Speranța refinery
theater	European theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
year	1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

Ploiești, Romania → historicalEvent → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

subject surface form: Ploiești

this entity surface form: Operation Tidal Wave in 1943

Ploiești raid → codename → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

Operation Soapsuds → alternateName → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

Defense of the Ploiești oil fields → opposedOperation → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

target of World War II oil bombing raids → targetOf → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

subject surface form: Ploiești

World War II bombing → hasNotableEvent → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

Ploesti raid → alsoKnownAs → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

Ploiești → wasTargetOf → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

Ploiești oil fields → notableOperation → Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Tidal Wave II