The Night the Dams Burst tells the Real History of the heroic RAF moonlight attack on Germany's Ruhr Dams in May 1943, immortalised by the movie The Dambusters. The author's gripping account is based on his interviews with Bomber Command officers and official British and German documents, and on access to the private papers and diaries of Barnes Wallis - the British scientist who invented the unique "bouncing bomb" which smashed the dams. The book reads like a thriller, and will excite readers of all ages. Hardcover.
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The Night the Dams Burst explains in use of the diaries of the special bomb's inventor Barnes Wallis.
Serialised by The Sunday Express, London
*REAL HEROISM
*REAL ADVENTURE
*REAL HISTORY
This book tells the Real History of the heroic RAF moonlight attack on Germany’s Ruhr Dams in May 1943, immortalised by the movie The Dambusters. The author’s gripping account is based on his interviews with Bomber Command officers and official British and German documents, and on access to the private papers and diaries of Barnes Wallis – the British scientist who invented the unique “bouncing bomb” which smashed the dams. The book reads like a thriller, and will excite readers of all ages.
An illustration of how the bouncing bomb worked:
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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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