Dam Busters: The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who

Dam Busters: The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943

The story of the British-made bombs, Upkeep and Highball, successfully dropped on Nazi dams â€œhas never been told in such depth beforeâ€ (Daily Mail, UK).
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The night of May 16, 1943: Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from an RAF airfield in Lincolnshire, England, each with a huge nine-thousand-pound cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three hydroelectric dams that power the Third Reichâ€™s war machine.
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It was a suicide mission from the outset. First the men had to fly extremely low, at night, and in tight formation over miles of enemy-occupied territory. Then they had to drop with pinpoint precision a complicated spinning cylindrical bomb that had never before been used operationally. More than that, the entire operation had to be put together in less than ten weeks in order to hit the dams when water levels were still high enough for the bombs to be effective.
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The visionary aviation engineer Barnes Wallis hadnâ€™t even drawn up plans for his concept when the bouncing bomb was green-lighted. What followed was an incredible race against time that, despite numerous setbacks, became one of the most successful and significant bombing raids of all time. â€œHolland has delved into the new troveâ€ of declassified documents â€œto shed light on this weapons program, the politics of its development and the eventual missionâ€ (The Wall Street Journal).
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â€œAn impeccably researched work in the style of a fast-paced techno-thriller.â€ â€”Publishers Weekly
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â€œExtremely detailed but never dullÂ .Â .Â .Â Holland offers a definitive, nuts-and-bolts history.â€ â€”Kirkus Reviews
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â€œA well-written study of engineering and invention operating under great pressure.Â .Â .Â .Â For all World War II history buffs.â€ â€”Library Journal, starred review
Country USA
Manufacturer Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-04-01
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9780802193063

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-04-01
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9780802193063

Dam Busters: The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943

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