portada The Dam Busters: A Pocket History (en Inglés)

The Dam Busters: A Pocket History (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Martin W. Bowman

Editorial

Amberley Publishing

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

128

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

17x11.9x1 cm

Peso

0.14 kg.

ISBN

9781848685819

ISBN13

9781848685819

Categorías

Reino unido
C. 1939-c. 1945 (época de la segunda guerra mundial)
Fuerzas aéreas y guerra
Historia de europa
Segunda guerra mundial

The Dam Busters: A Pocket History (en Inglés)

Martin W. Bowman (Autor) · Amberley Publishing · Tapa Blanda

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Guy Gibson's 617 Squadron was founded for one reason only - Operation Chastise - the raid on the Ruhr dams. Using Barnes Wallis' revolutionary bouncing bomb, the hand-picked crews trained day and night over British reservoirs, perfecting the techniques required to deliver the new weapon to its target. On the night of 16/17 May 1943, three waves of modifi ed Lancasters took off and headed for the industrial heartland of Germany and a series of daring raids on the various dams providing water and electricity to the heart of the Nazi war machine. Of the three main targets - the Möhne, Sorpe and Eder dams - two were destroyed, causing chaos downstream. The Möhne dam succumbed after fi ve Upkeep bouncing bombs had hit it. It took three bombs to destroy the Eder dam but the Sorpe dam remained almost intact. Despite the losses in men and aircraft, the raid was a huge success. 617 Squadron went on to become one of the premier squadrons in Bomber Command, and destroyed the Tirpitz using another of Wallis' bombs - the Tallboy, a 12,000lb 'earthquake' bomb. Made into a fi lm starring Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, their raid on the Ruhr dams has become the stuff of legend. This is the story of the Dam Busters.