The Ploesti Raid: Through the Lens.(book by Roger A. Freeman)(Book Review)
Publication Date: 22-JUN-05
Publication Title: Air Power History
Format: Online
Author: Gorchev, Ramsey

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The Ploesti Raid: Through the Lens. By Roger A. Freeman. London: Battle of Britain International, 2004. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Index. Pp. 160. 24.95 [pounds sterling] (approx. $47.00) ISBN: 1-870067-55-X

Freeman aptly describes the Ploesti Raid of August 1, 1943, as "the most ambitious, the most daring, the most foolhardy, the most disastrous, and most historic ..." His book is a planning, logistical, tactical, and most importantly a photographic history of the raid. It is enlightening and educational in that virtually all photographs and maps are from the period.

In the planning stages, there was much discussion and division within the...



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