Lost Voices of the Dambusters Raid
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2025
August Books (Verlag)
978-1-80436-985-2 (ISBN)
August Books (Verlag)
978-1-80436-985-2 (ISBN)
The story of the Dambusters raid, told by the men who flew it.
The definitive oral history of the raid featuring contributions from Mission Commander Guy Gibson and Bouncing Bomb creator Barnes Wallis.The Dambusters raid was one of the most iconic missions of the Second World War.
Three dams along Germany's Ruhr Valley, which powered the nation's industrial war effort, were the target. To overcome the torpedo nets and other defences, Barnes Wallis invented the 'bouncing' bomb to skim along the surface of the reservoirs before breaching the dam walls.
617 Squadron was chosen to deliver them. On the night of 1617 May 1943, nineteen specially modified Lancaster bombers left Britain. Weeks of training under absolute secrecy were put to the test.
Here, acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has gathered together the voices of the Lancaster crews as well as the German civilians who endured the attack, compiling a unique picture of how the mission unfolded, and the devastation it caused.
'A masterpiece of concise storytelling' Sunday Express
The definitive oral history of the raid featuring contributions from Mission Commander Guy Gibson and Bouncing Bomb creator Barnes Wallis.The Dambusters raid was one of the most iconic missions of the Second World War.
Three dams along Germany's Ruhr Valley, which powered the nation's industrial war effort, were the target. To overcome the torpedo nets and other defences, Barnes Wallis invented the 'bouncing' bomb to skim along the surface of the reservoirs before breaching the dam walls.
617 Squadron was chosen to deliver them. On the night of 1617 May 1943, nineteen specially modified Lancaster bombers left Britain. Weeks of training under absolute secrecy were put to the test.
Here, acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has gathered together the voices of the Lancaster crews as well as the German civilians who endured the attack, compiling a unique picture of how the mission unfolded, and the devastation it caused.
'A masterpiece of concise storytelling' Sunday Express
Max Arthur was an author who specialised in first-hand recollections of historical events. He worked closely with the Imperial War Museum to bring together two books in the Forgotten Voices series, Forgotten Voices of the Great War and Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to military history. Prior to becoming a writer, he served with the Royal Air Force and for some years was an actor.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.03.2025 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80436-985-3 / 1804369853 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80436-985-2 / 9781804369852 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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