which is probably why Ploesti survived and was able to be put back into operation - my GM surmised that the NATO strike against the refinery had been one that was supposed to limit collateral damage to the city as much as possible (because Romania was a NATO member) and as a result they didn't destroy it, they damaged it enough to take it off line - and that it took till 2000 for the Soviets to get it back into operation
that's why our version of Med Cruise ended with a nuke strike that definitely 100% took it out for good and if it killed Romanians then it did - because they were looking to win the war in Europe one way or another and civilian casualties be damned
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