Holland, James, 1970-
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012.
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Notes:

• Originally published: Great Britain : Bantam Press, 2012, with the subtitle The race to smash the dams, 1943.
• Includes filmography (p. 420), bibliographical references (p. [415]-420) and index.
• An account of the daring May 1943 mission to destroy three heavily defended German dams documents the ten-week race to create the necessary weapons and orchestrate a bombing raid that nearly cost the lives of its pilots.
• Prologue — Towards greenlight. Signs of progress — A method of attacking the Axis powers — Bouncing bomb — Sink the Tirpitz — Sitting on the fence — Bomber boys — Panacea mongers — Portal power — Greenlight — The race to smash the dams. The main offensive — Special squadron — 617 squadron — Certain dams — The conquest of nature — Low level — Trials and tribulations — A matter of height and speed — Scampton and Reculver — Bottomley sets the date — Air Ministry versus the Admiralty — Countdown — The raid. Final day — Outward journey — Goner — The hardest target — Homeward bound — Legacy. After the raid — Katastrophe — Damn busters — Postscript.

Subjects:

• Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617 — History.
• Dams — Germany — Ruhr (Region) — History — 20th century.
• Ruhr (Germany : Region) — History.
• World War, 1939-1945 — Destruction and pillage — Germany — Ruhr (Region)

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