Dam busters : the true story of the inventors and airmen who led the devastating raid to smash the German dams in 1943 / James Holland.
TITLE:
Dam busters : the true story of the inventors and airmen who led the devastating raid to smash the German dams in 1943 / James Holland.
Former Title:
Race to smash the dams, 1943.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press,
Physical Description:
xix, 437 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes filmography, bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
An account of the daring May 1943 mission to destroy three heavily defended German dams documents the ten-week race to create the necessary weapons and orchestrate a bombing raid that nearly cost the lives of its pilots.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802121691
General Note:
Originally published: Great Britain : Bantam Press, 2012, with the subtitle The race to smash the dams, 1943.
