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19 dead and 97 wounded. 101 civilians killed and 238 injured. Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania on 1 August 1943, during World War II. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the "oil campaign" to deny petroleum ...
Teleajen River in Prahova County. Ploiești lies in the center of Muntenia, in the central-northern part of the Wallachian Plain. It lies close to the capital city Bucharest and it had close connections with the capital city throughout the centuries. Ploiești lies at the 25°E meridian and the 44°55’N parallel (north).
Background. The Republic of Ploiești is the name of a movement from 8 August 1870, considered as the last great attempt of revolution in the Romanian space of the 19th century or the last wave of the revolution of 1848. In the Romanian historiography before 1989, this movement was considered anti-dynastic.
Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe, having an area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi). [243] : 17 It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N and longitudes 20° and 30° E. The terrain is distributed roughly equally between mountains, hills, and plains.
Petrolul Ploiești. Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly referred to as FC Petrolul Ploiești ( Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrolul ploˈjeʃtʲ] ), Petrolul Ploiești or simply Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, that competes in the Liga I . Founded in 1924 in capital Bucharest as ...
The Brazi refinery on fire in 1943. Petrobrazi was founded on 17 June 1934 by the Creditul Minier Society in a strategic industrial zone of 440 ha (4.4 km 2) located in Southern Romania near Ploiești. [3] The first oil processing capacity was established in 1934 and had a processing capacity of 300,000 tonnes/year. [1]
The Ilie Oană Stadium ( Romanian: Stadionul Ilie Oană) is a football stadium in Ploiești, Romania. It has been the home ground of Petrolul Ploiești since its inauguration in September 2011, and has a capacity of 15,073 spectators. [2] The stadium was built on the site of the former arena, which was completed in 1937 and demolished in 2010. [3]
Away colours. Fotbal Club Prahova Ploiești, ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈprahova ploˈjeʃtʲ] ), commonly known as Prahova Ploiești or simply as Prahova, is a Romanian football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County. Prahova was founded in 1909 under the name of United Ploiești and it became soon one of the best teams in the country ...
The original institution was evacuated during World War II and re-established as the Ploiești Art Museum in 1955. The current name was adopted in 2005. The building housing the museum dates to 1885, and was initially the residence of banker and politician Ghiță Ionescu. It is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and ...
Ploiești metropolitan area. Ploieşti metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project, launched in 2003. [2] [3] It will be formed from Ploieşti municipality and surrounding communities: Ariceștii Rahtivani, Bărcăneşti, Berceni, Blejoi, Brazi, Bucov, Păuleşti and Târgșoru Vechi. [4]