Operasi Frantic adalah serangkaian tujuh operasi pengeboman pada Perang Dunia II yang dilakukan oleh pesawat Amerika yang berbasis di Britania Raya dan selatan Italia yang kemudian mendarat di tiga landasan udara Soviet di Ukraina. Operasi tersebut dijalankan antara Juni dan September 1944.

Operasi Frantic  
Bagian dari Pengeboman strategis pada Perang Dunia II
TanggalJuni–September 1944
LokasiPalagan Operasi Eropa
Hasil Kegagalan strategi Soviet-AS
Pihak terlibat
 Amerika Serikat
 Uni Soviet
 Jerman Nazi
Hungaria

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  • Images on this page are screen snaps from the film: Operation Titanic, United States War Department Film, Produced by the Army Pictorial Service (Signal Corps), in conjunction with the Army Air Forces, 1945

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The USAAF prepared a secret, detailed report on Eastern Command operation in December 1944 and made it available to the State Department. It is preserved at the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Four published books provide detailed analyses of the Soviet operations:

  • Conversino, Mark: Fighting with The Soviets: The Failure of Operation Frantic. University of Kansas Press, 1997. ISBN 0700608087 OCLC 35151263
  • Deane, John: The Strange Alliance. Indiana University Press, 1946, 1973. OCLC 229419046
  • Hansen, Chris: Enfant Terrible: The Times and Schemes of General Elliott Roosevelt. Able Baker, Tucson, 2012. ISBN 9780615668925 OCLC 830124072
  • Infield, Glenn: The Poltava Affair. McMillan, New York, 1973. OCLC 628028
  • Malayney, Norman: "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in World War II." Schiffer Military History, Atglen, PA, 2011. Templat:ISBN 978-0-7643-3950-9

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