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Originally Posted by Baronsmokes
Looked this up.Very interesting.They also had 400 Anti Aircraft guns protecting the refinery.Twice the number of Anti Aircraft guns they had protecting Berlin.
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Yup. During WW2, the lack of fuel really changed and hampered Germany's war strategies, their oil fields in Hugary and Romania couldnt keep up with their needs. So protecting their oil assets was priority.
This mission your dad was involved in really crippled the German army even more.