Western Allied campaign in Romania

Western Allied campaign in Romania
Part of Oil Campaign and Eastern Front of World War II
A B-24 Liberator called "Sandman" during a bomb run over the Ploiești Astra Romana refinery during Operation Tidal Wave
Date December 1941 (war declarations)/ 12 June 1942 – 19 August 1944 Location Romania Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
United States  British Empire	Romania Support:  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Franklin Roosevelt Henry H. Arnold Carl Spaatz Winston Churchill Arthur Tedder	Ion Antonescu Gheorghe Jienescu[1] Alfred Gerstenberg
Casualties and losses
325 aircraft destroyed (259 by Romanian forces) 32 tanks leased to the Red Army captured 1,706 killed 1,123 captured	80+ Romanian aircraft
7,693 civilians killed 7,809 civilians wounded

The Western Allied campaign in Romania consisted of war declarations and aerial operations during the Second World War by eight Western Allied countries against Romania which itself was primarily engaged on the Eastern Front in fighting against the Soviet Union.