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Dam busters : Canadian airmen and the secret raid against Nazi Germany Cover Image Book Book

Dam busters : Canadian airmen and the secret raid against Nazi Germany / Ted Barris ; foreword by Peter Mansbridge.

Barris, Ted, (author.). Mansbridge, Peter, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

May 16, 1943, was a night that changed WWII. Nineteen Lancaster bombers filled with 133 hand-picked and specially trained airmen took off on a night mission code-named Operation Chastise; their targets - the Ruhr River dams - whose massive water reservoirs powered Nazi Germany's military industrial complex. This mission cost the lives of fifty-three airmen, including fourteen Canadians. Based on personal accounts, flight logs, maps and photographs of the Canadians involved, 'Dam Busters' recounts the dramatic story of these young Commonwealth bomber crews.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443455435 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xxxiv, 434 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., [2018]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617 > History.
Operation Chastise, 1943.
Air pilots, Military > Canada.
Air pilots, Military > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Canadian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Germany > Ruhr (Region)
Dams > Germany > Ruhr (Region) > History > 20th century.

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Stroud Branch 940.5421355 Bar 31681010118347 NONFIC Checked out 12/05/2024

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