The Dam Busters
Subtitle: A British Film Guide
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: December 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781860646362
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; European history: Second World War; Film theory & criticism; Second World War, 1939-1945; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Europe; Performing Arts / Film / General; Film & Video - General; Dam busters (Motion picture)
First sentence: Early in the morning of 17 May 1943, a squadron of Lancaster bombers, belonging to 617 squadron and operating out of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, carried out 'Operation Chastise', successfully attacking the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany's Ruhr region.