Operation Chastise : : the Raf's Most Brilliant Attack of World War II
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"Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--title page verso.
Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneveuver that has become military legend.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062953636
006295363X
SUBJECTS
Great Britain. -- Squadron, 617 -- History.
Operation Chastise, 1943.
Dams -- Ruhr (Region) -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Ruhr (Region)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
Ruhr (Germany : Region) -- History.