Dam Busters
The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943
$41.25
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2013
Summary
The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission— to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich’s war machine.
From the outset it was an almost impossible task, a suicide mission— to fly low and at night in formation over many miles of enemy-occupied territo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552163415 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552163414 |
| Author: | James Holland |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 388g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 39mm |
| Series: | Corgi Books |
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In his previous books… Holland combined a lively style with fresh insights based on deep historical research. Those qualities shine through this new account
In his previous books… Holland combined a lively style with fresh insights based on deep historical research. Those qualities shine through this new account * Literary Review *
Though it is such a well-known story, it has never been told in such depth before. James Holland has mastered every detail * Daily Mail *
Holland tells the story with gusto and pace… he has truly and brilliantly plugged an enormous gap * Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
James Holland
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino ‘44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts. He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels. With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew’s University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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