Dam busters
Subtitle: the race to smash the dams, 1943
By: James Holland
Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780593066768; 9780593066775
Subjects: British Aerial operations; British; Great Britain; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; World War, 1939-1945; Aerial Military operations; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617
Description: This book uses new research and perspectives to provide a fresh account of the 1943 bombing raid on three major dams in Germany.
Notes: Includes maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-420) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. I Towards Greenlight; title: 1.Signs of Progress; title: 2.A Method of Attacking the Axis Powers; title: 3.Bouncing Bomb; title: 4.Sink the Tirpitz; title: 5.Sitting on the Fence; title: 6.Bomber Boys; title: 7.Panacea Mongers; title: 8.Portal Power; title: 9.Greenlight; title: pt. II The Race to Smash the Dams; title: 10.The Main Offensive; title: 11.Special Squadron; title: 12.617 Squadron; title: 13.Certain Dams; title: 14.The Conquest of Nature; title: 15.Low Level; title: 16.Trials and Tribulations; title: 17.A Matter of Height and Speed; title: 18.Scampton and Reculver; title: 19.Bottomley Sets the Date; title: 20.Air Ministry versus the Admiralty; title: 21.Countdown; title: pt. III The Raid; title: 22.Final Day; title: 23.Outward Journey; title: 24.Goner; title: 25.The Hardest Target; title: 26.Homeward Bound; title: pt. IV Legacy; title: 27.After the Raid; title: 28.Katastrophe; title: 29.Damn Busters.