Research Catalog

Title

Dam busters : the race to smash the dams, 1943 / James Holland.

Author

Holland, James, 1970-

Publication

London : Bantam, 2012.

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Details

Description

xix, 437 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

This book uses new research and perspectives to provide a fresh account of the 1943 bombing raid on three major dams in Germany.

Subject

• Gibson, Guy
• Great Britain. Squadron, 617
• Wallis, Barnes, 1887-1979
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British

Note

• Includes maps on endpapers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (p. [415]-420) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Towards Greenlight -- 1.Signs of Progress -- 2.A Method of Attacking the Axis Powers -- 3.Bouncing Bomb -- 4.Sink the Tirpitz -- 5.Sitting on the Fence -- 6.Bomber Boys -- 7.Panacea Mongers -- 8.Portal Power -- 9.Greenlight -- pt. II The Race to Smash the Dams -- 10.The Main Offensive -- 11.Special Squadron -- 12.617 Squadron -- 13.Certain Dams -- 14.The Conquest of Nature -- 15.Low Level -- 16.Trials and Tribulations -- 17.A Matter of Height and Speed -- 18.Scampton and Reculver -- 19.Bottomley Sets the Date -- 20.Air Ministry versus the Admiralty -- 21.Countdown -- pt. III The Raid -- 22.Final Day -- 23.Outward Journey -- 24.Goner -- 25.The Hardest Target -- 26.Homeward Bound -- pt. IV Legacy -- 27.After the Raid -- 28.Katastrophe -- 29.Damn Busters.

ISBN

• 9780593066768 (hbk.)
• 0593066766 (hbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library