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The Night the Dams Burst — Audiobook

Name: The Night the Dams Burst — Audiobook
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Author: David Irving

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The complete narrative audiobook of The Night the Dams Burst. The RAF attack on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, reconstructed from British and German records and interviews with surviving participants. Available as a DRM-free chaptered M4B and 6 indexed MP3 sections, with the EPUB and PDF eBooks included. Approximately 2 hours 1 minute.

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The Night the Dams Burst — complete audiobook edition

The RAF attack on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, reconstructed from British and German records and interviews with surviving participants.

Operation Chastise, 16–17 May 1943: a specially modified Lancaster released one cylindrical Upkeep mine at about 60 feet and roughly 220 mph. Backspin carried it past the torpedo nets; it then sank against the upstream face and detonated below the surface. Sequence compressed; distances and the number of skips varied.

Cutaway diagram showing an Upkeep mine backspinning and skipping across the reservoir before sinking beside the dam and detonating underwater — Operation Chastise, 16–17 May 1943: a specially modified Lancaster released one cylindrical Upkeep mine at about 60 feet and roughly 220 mph. Backspin carried it past the torpedo nets; it then sank against the upstream face and detonated below the surface. Sequence compressed; distances and the number of skips varied.

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Approximately 2 hours 1 minute of narration
6 indexed sections
DRM-free M4B audiobook with chapter markers and embedded square cover
6 individually tagged MP3 sections with embedded artwork
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Print-only page directions, image instructions, catalogue matter and index navigation are not narrated. Substantive narrative material is retained.

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David Irving

David Irving is a renowned British historian and author of over 30 books. Known for his meticulous primary source research, he has spent decades in archives across the globe, unearthing diaries, documents, and first-hand accounts that have reshaped our understanding of the Second World War and its key figures.

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