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Dambusters: A Landmark Oral History
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On the night of 16-17 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron headed for Germany. Their mission, for which they had been trained under a cloak of absolute secrecy, was to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley and in doing so cripple the Nazi industrial war effort. It was to become one of the most famous raids of WW2. For the first time, acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has gathered together the voices of the ‘Dambusters’, including Guy Gibson, commander of the mission and Barnes Wallis, who developed the iconic Bouncing Bomb. These voices tell of the hard training and sheer bravery that went into this legendary mission. We also hear from the German civilians who suffered the attack, who speak of the devastation that was wrought in their lives. This was a raid like no other, and in this extraordinary collection Max Arthur has created an enduring record of a unique event in British military history.
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| Weight | 0.245 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 352 |
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| Year Published | 2009-5-7 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0753515733 |
| About The Author | Max Arthur served with the RAF and has written several bestselling oral history books including Forgotten Voices of the Great War and Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. He writes for the Independent and gives lectures on strategy and leadership. |
| Review Quote | May well rival his seminal Forgotten Voices of The Great War … hard to put down … His precis of the complex story of how the scientist Barnes Wallis overcame all the obstacles to breaching the Dams, in which British bureaucracy proved as daunting as German efficiency, is a masterpiece of concise storytelling |
| Other text | What a story. And I do not believe that it has ever been better told |
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