Dam Busters
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0237448866 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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He died in 1991. About the Author Paul Brickhill was born in 1916 in Australia, and was a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force before becoming a Fleet Street journalist and one of the first British journalists to enter the Russian Zone of Germany. His various war books achieved immediate success.
Science, modern war, and how to destroy a dam. What a great little story from WWII. I heard about this successful raid, and finally I stumbled upon this great little book describing the raid. The book starts by describing the thought process of Wallace who thought the dams would be a worthy target of British bombers. The floods would destroy factories and limit the output of water and energy in the industrial Ruhr area.Wallace had to surmount bomber limitations, design a new type of bomb, and . "WW2 Heroes" according to Magic Lemur. If you've ever seen The Dam Busters on tv, this is the book of it and it's brilliant fun reading about the exploits of Barnes Wallis and 617 squadron and not just for the bombing of the Merner and Eder dams.Most of the book is dedicated to the Dambusting but, to be fair, it is the title! The bombing raid involved the now legendary bouncing bomb and crack pilots to bomb the two dams. Apparently the bombing caused industrial production to slip 20% o. Lancasters soar through the very jaws of death! A Customer An absolute classic, "The Dam Busters" follows the adventures of 617 squadron. From its inception specifically for the attack on the Moehne and Eder dams to the destruction of the German battleship "Tirpitz" 617 Squadron showed the British just as capable at pinpoint targeting as their American cousins.Everytime I pick-up a text on the "heavies" I am reminded of the heroism and sacrifice of the amazing individuals who were carried aloft by them. B
This story is one of the classics of the Second World War, a massive bestseller that became a film.. "The Dam Busters" is the story of that raid and the squadron who carried it through. On 17th May 1943, nearly 350 million tonnes of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr, when the Lancasters of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder Dams with colossal 'blockbuster' bombs. It tells how they took out the V3 rocket weapon and destroyed the Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord. Again and again, the crews of 617 Squadron Bomber Command used their flying skills, their tremendous courage and Barnes Wallis' highly accurate bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany
. Paul Brickhill was born in 1916 in Australia, and was a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force before becoming a Fleet Street journalist and one of the first British journalists to enter the Russian Zone of Germany. His various war books achieved immediate success. He died in 1991