Operation Chastise
the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II
Operation Chastise
the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Operation Chastise : |b the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II / |c Max Hastings. |
| 250 | |a First U.S. edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, |c [2020] | |
| 300 | |a xxxv, 364 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |2 rdamediaThe attack on Nazi Germany<U+2019>s dams on May 17, 1943, was one of the most remarkable feats in military history. The absurdly young men of the Royal Air Force<U+2019>s 617 Squadron set forth in cold blood and darkness, without benefit of electronic aids, to fly lumbering heavy bombers straight and level towards a target at a height above the water less than the length of a bowling alley. Yet this story- and the later wartime experience of the 617 Squadron- has never been told in full. Max Hastings takes us back to the May 1943 raid to reveal how the truth of that night is considerably different from the popularized account most people know. The RAF had identified the Ruhr dams as strategic objectives as far back as 1938; in those five years Wing Commander Guy Gibson formed and trained the 617 Squadron. Hastings observes that while the dropping of Wallis<U+2019>s mines provided the dramatic climax, only two of the eight aircraft lost came down over the dams- the rest were shot down on the flight to, or back from, the mission. And while the 617 Squadron<U+2019>s valor is indisputable, the ultimate industrial damage caused by the dam raid was actually rather modest. In 1943, these brave men caught the imagination of the world and uplifted the weary spirits of the British people. Their achievement unnerved the Nazi high command, and caused them to expend large resources on dam defenses- making the mission a success. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index. | ||
| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a Great Britain. |b Royal Air Force. |b Squadron, 617 |x History. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Operation Chastise, 1943. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Dams |z Germany |z Ruhr (Region) |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Destruction and pillage |z Germany |z Ruhr (Region). | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Aerial operations, British. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Ruhr (Germany : Region) |x History. | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Reproduction of (manifestation): |a Hastings, Max. |t Chastise |d London : William Collins, 2019 |z 9780008280529 |
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