Bibliograph

Operation Chastise, the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings

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Operation Chastise, the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Operation Chastise

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II

Summary

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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