{"product_id":"dam-busters-9780552163415","title":"Dam Busters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich''s war machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the outset it was an almost impossible task, a suicide mission: to fly low and at night in formationover many miles of enemy-occupied territory at the very limit of the Lancasters'' capacity, and drop a new weapon that had never been tried operationally before from a precise height of just sixty feet from the water at some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than that, 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 for the weapon that was to smash the dams. W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his previous books... Holland combined a lively style with fresh insights based on deep historical research. Those qualities shine through this new account * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eThough it is such a well-known story, it has never been told in such depth before. James Holland has mastered every detail * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eHolland tells the story with gusto and pace... he has truly and brilliantly plugged an enormous gap * Mail on Sunday *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735106793815,"sku":"9780552163415","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552163415.jpg?v=1723810025","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dam-busters-9780552163415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}