The Story Behind the Dambuster Raid - WW2 Special

The thousand-bomber offensive was about to begin as Air-Marshall Harris was assembling his forces. Yet one man was to challenge his strategy. The aircraft designer Barnes Wallis thought: “What if there was a way to destroy Germany’s industrial might not by simply dropping thousands of bombs over its cities, but by a precision strike against its dams?” For this, a new kind of bouncing bomb was to be delivered.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Ian Sowden
Written by: Indy Neidell and Markus Linke
Research by: Markus Linke
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
IWM: HU 92132, TR 197, MTE 3441, S15 12, CH 5980, C 3455, C 3717, HU 92134, CH 9718, MTE 3437, GOV 15, CH 9681, TR_001092

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Progressive Progress - Howard Harper-Barnes
Easy Target - Rannar Sillard
The Inspector 4 - Johannes Bornlöf
Sailing for Gold - Howard Harper-Barnes
Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell
Let Go of Fear - Howard Harper-Barnes

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