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The Dambusters

The Dambusters

2020•45m•Documentary•War & Politics
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Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb.

Jamie Simpson · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateDec 1, 2020

Episodes

Episode 1 - A Daring PlanE145m

A Daring Plan

24-year-old wing commander Guy Gibson has less than eight weeks to recruit and train 147 aircrew for a top-secret mission that will require them to learn to fly at super low attitudes at night towards targets on water.

Dec 1, 2020

E245m

Race Against Time

Wallis tries to get his revolutionary bomb to work, which will require the invention of a new aiming device. Dan Snow takes to the skies to test it, but accuracy isn't the only problem.

Dec 2, 2020

E345m

Attack! Attack!

The raid on Germany's dams gets off to a rocky start as the crews struggle to clear the airfield in their planes loaded with four tonne bouncing bombs. Of the 133 young men who flew on the raid, only 80 survive.

Dec 3, 2020

Actors

Dan Snow

Dan Snow

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