Dambusters

by Max Arthur

Book Overview

On the night of 16-17 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron headed for Germany. Their mission, for which they had been trained under a cloak of absolute secrecy, was to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley and in doing so cripple the Nazi industrial war effort. It was to become one of the most famous raids of WW2.

For the first time, acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has gathered together the voices of the 'Dambusters',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753515733
• ISBN13: 9780753515730
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"