campaign, notable, interwar and Second World War

Operation Tidal Wave

Name: Operation Tidal Wave
Location: Romania

Operation Tidal Wave was a campaign fought in 1943 at Romania. It was part of the Oil Campaign of World War II. The recorded result: Axis victory. Recorded strength: 177 B-24s; (162 over the target) against 36 heavy AA batteries; 16 light/medium AA batteries; 57 fighters.

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Fought1943

WhereRomania44.933N, 26.017E

OutcomeAxis victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstKingdom of Romania; Nazi Germany; Kingdom of Bulgaria

Part ofOil Campaign of World War IIWestern Allied Campaign in Romania

Where it sits in the Oil Campaign of World War II

3 placed engagements of the Oil Campaign of World War II in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1943 (year precision)
Place	Romania 44.933N, 26.017E
Kind	Campaign, interwar and Second World War
Strength	177 B-24s; (162 over the target)	36 heavy AA batteries; 16 light/medium AA batteries; 57 fighters
Casualties and losses	53 B-24s destroyed; (34 claimed in Romania); 55 B-24s damaged; 310 aircrew killed or missing; 190 aircrew captured or interned	7 fighters destroyed; (2 Romanian and 5 German); 11 fighters damaged (2 Romanian and 9 German); 19 dead and 97 wounded; 101 civilians killed and 238 injured
Commanders	Lewis H. Brereton Uzal Girard Ent	Alfred Gerstenberg

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Nearest engagements

Battle of Finta 1653, 23 km SW
Battle of Posada 1330, 50 km NW
Operation Reunion 1944, 64 km S
Battle of Predeal Pass 1916, 73 km NW
Battle of the Argeş 1916, 74 km S

In the same war

Before: Western Allied Campaign in Romania 1941
After: Operation Reunion 1944
All 3 engagements of Oil Campaign of World War II

Elsewhere in 1943

Operation Tidal Wave is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Romania.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q512914, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Tidal Wave, revision 1382401396, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.