Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams 1943 — James Holland

Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams 1943

James Holland | Paperback | The Thrilling Sunday Times Bestseller

The night of 16th May 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland — the lifeblood of the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine.

From the outset it was an almost impossible task — a suicide mission. Fly low and at night in formation over enemy-occupied territory, and drop a weapon that had never been tried operationally on some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany. And the entire operation had to be put together in less than ten weeks.

When visionary aviation engineer Barnes Wallis's concept of the bouncing bomb was green-lighted, he hadn't even drawn up his plans. What followed was an incredible race against time — one of the most successful and game-changing bombing raids of all time.

"A superb historian who knows his stuff, and his descriptions of the action are terrific" — Daily Telegraph

"Has the sure touch of someone who knows their subject and enjoys it" — Daily Mail

"One of a new generation of historians who bring a freshness and proper spirit of enquiry" — Sunday Express

Condition: Good — some shelf wear to cover, pages clean.