Chastise : the Dambusters story 1943

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A brand new history of the Dambusters raid from best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian, Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron on the night of 16/17 May 1943, was an epic that has passed into Britain's national legend. Max Hastings grew up embracing the story, the classic 1955 movie and the memory of Guy Gibson, the 24-year-old wing-commander wh...

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617 History

Operation Chastise, 1943

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British

World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage Germany Ruhr (Region)

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ISBN:

9780008280536
9780008280529

Description:

xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Prologue
Grand strategy, great dams
The boffin and his bombs
Command and controversy
Men and machines
The brink of battle
Chastise
At the Dams
The Möhnekatastrophe
Heroes
Landings
Appendix I: 617 Squadron's crews who flew on the night of 16/17 May 1943
Appendix II: Landmark dates in the evolution of Chastise
Appendix III: A chronology of Operation Chastise 16/17 May 1943

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2797016

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