The 'Dambusters'. The true story of World War II's most daring bombing mission.
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On the night of May 16th 1943, a Royal Air Force squadron of Avro Lancaster bombers took-off from RAF Scampton, heading for the industrial heartland of Germany.
Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the 19 Lancaster Bombers of 617 Squadron launched arguably the most audacious, daring and innovative air assault through World War II.
Operation Chastise targeted three of the most important dams in the Ruhr Valley; the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe. Carrying the revolutionary ‘Bouncing Bomb’, the brain child of Barnes Wallis, the aim of this mission was to not only destroy the dams, but to seriously disrupt the manufacturing output by Germany.
What followed was a feat of human courage, tenacity and dedication to duty, and as a result 617 Squadron has ever after been known by the epithet, "The Dambusters"!
This classic documentary includes rare footage mixed with computer graphics & animation to represent the bombing raid itself.
This is not to be missed!
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As a young soldier, based in Germany in the 60's I sailed on the Moehne many times, and the repaired breach in the dam face was clearly visible even then. What brave men those RAF guys were.
They were terrorists.
Indeed they were
@@martinottley2395 They were like ISIS.
They were like ISIS.
My grandads cousin was Henry Maudslay, (the man who blew up the Eder dam) and I can’t imagine flying a bomber that low and that fast in pitch black with no nvg’s so brave they were
I was born and raised in Lincolnshire, about five miles from Scampton. Guy Gibson was my hero even though I was about 12. I have watched The Dam Busters seven times and never tire of it
Gibson was a racist and an anti-Semite.
Operation Chastise was a complete failure, and a war crime.
I spent 22 years in the RAF, and the Dambusters story is both legendary and a story that has been told many times and often, but this telling of the story revealed many facts and snippets of information that I, and I suspect many others had not previously known. Good use of CGI to explain things - very well done.
Stephen Diskin. The documemtry about the 617 Dambusters was excellent.
I actually liked the doc, too. I really liked following the development process to come up with a weapon that put whole sections of nazi mfg out of commission even if for only a few month, and then tie up resources to protect the dams afterwards.
Chris Askin, Per Ardua Ad Astra, 24 years, man and boy, 79-03, Rigger. You?
My one and Only Claim to fame is from my Grandad, he was part of the team that did the modifications to the 617 Sqn Lancasters to take the “bomb”, I still have his Apprenticeship manuals from his time working at A.V Roe (Avro) and I actually used them to get through my Fitters Course, they were going to my son when he joined up, but he ended up with the regiment, not much call for them firing Rapiers and field Sqn.
Chris Askin No nothing to do with it.
@@allandavis8201 71 - 93. 2yr apprenticeship at Halton then Leuchars, Bruggen, Coningsby, Bruggen, Coningsby, Linton-on-ouse, Church Fenton and finally Coningsby again. I was a Plumber and my final tour at Coningsby began as an instructor on the Phantom Servicing School, then communism collapsed in the USSR and the powers that be couldn't wait to get rid of the Phantom quickly enough (along with many other things) and with that the life of Riley was over. I was moved on to the Tornado F3 OEU, two years later I was made redundant, and as far as I'm concerned the armed forces are now just a rump of what they used to be sadly.
a lot of brave young men never came home from the dambuster raid god bless them all we all remember them R.I.P to them all
Many thanks for producing this excellent, informative documentary, I learnt many new facts. Sadly, few of the outstandingly highly skilled and brave squadron members survived to the end of the war, but along with all whose lives were lost, we must never forget, honour and cherish the freedom they won and gave us today. RIP hero's all.
48 out of 133 survived...
I agree with you with one exception. The uploader didn't produce this, it's some other organization that did the collection, editing, scripting, and narration...
Edit: This upload is an actual example of copyright infringement if the upload is monetized. There is no credit given to the original production, no is it presented for debate or discussion. Claiming it as "For educational purposes" also requires at least some narration by the uploader to express that the intent was to educate.
So glad someone took the initiative to bring this program to the publics attention. Our young service people need to know that their contributions do count for something. WW2 was won by such contributions in many innovative solutions. Never underestimate the value of a dreamer.
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My great Uncle flew 75 missions in a bomber in World War Two he was 19 when he went to war and thankfully came home he died at a ripe old age of 102 but if it wasn’t for the sacrifice of that generation we would not be here today living our lives as they are
That's a great story @jeffgamby-hull8874. So glad your Great Uncle made it home, and past his century! 😁
Germany and Japan for that matter were never threats to North America. Pretty sure our lives would have been just fine.
Just finished reading a book about the Bomber Pilots flying the Lancaster they had a life expectensy of only 6 days such Bravery to go out night after night to do there duty RESPECT
You had a 50% chance of being killed in the first 5 missions and 50% in the remaining 25. The father of a friend of mine survived two complete tours as a navigator on Halifaxes and another friend's father survived a tour of 30 missions as a tail gunner on Lancasters, before going on to fly as a Pathfinder, in which capacity he completed another one and a half tours as a tail gunner. Remember that Pathfinder tours were _45 missions..._
Interesting documentation. May I complain just very quietly about the background music? No music required in my humble opinion
I agree. Background music is absolutely annoying and unnecessary.
Agreed. Maybe during the parts without narration.
Be thankful some SJW did not get this doc removed. The code name and dog name. They are always trying to cancel history. Oh I forgot, SJW"s will not watch something like this.
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@@septegram why? It’s not a musical. It’s a documentary.
I remember watching the Dam Busters movie back in the 60's and I've been fascinated by this mission ever since.
The attack on the Death Star in the 1977 movie Star Wars, in which the space ships fly at full speed along the narrow corridor, was based on it. This was freely admitted by the Star Wars Director.
An excellent video containing a lot of historic film that I haven't seen before. Thank you for putting it together.
Thank you Peter...
Extraordinary bravery on these pilot's part to press the attack under adverse conditions.
The most precisely informative exposition of this mission that I have seen.
How do you know ? Did you fly the mission?????
@@tellyonthewall8751 Haha, I was going to ask the same thing.
Tipi, you twat.
617 Squadron , Wing Commander .Guy Gibson . Thank you .
Just excellent. This should be required viewing for all students of British history.
You just made me wonder, how many people have the British armed services killed in the whole of history?
I remember reading a book on 'Dambusters', many, many years ago. In that, in a party, an elderly person is talking about some young kid present in the party who is wearing RAF uniform. The elder man says 'this kid is not old enough to join the RAF'. This 'young kid' turns around and the elderly person is utterly astonished to see him wearing a 'Flying Cross'! That young kid was part of the Dambusters squadron.
Dave Shannon has his twenty-first birthday on the day the King and Queen came to visit the squadron after the raid.
Shannon survived the War.
Probably was Aussie David Shannon who grew a moustache to make himself look older. He also got a DSO.
@@anthonyeaton5153 Thanks for this info!
incredible bravery, i take my hat of to these guys, we are here today cause of people like this
Yes, we owe everything to these young warriors...
My uncle Joe McCarthy was American who joined the Canadian Air force as a pilot flying the Lanc for the raid on Sorpe. He wrote a book on it.
Now that's an uncle I wish I had! I've seen several interviews with him and was always impressed by his manner and the fact that he said when people in a pub found out who he was he never had to buy a beer!
@@B-A-L There were many Americans that went to Canada and on to the UK as Canadians, because it was illegal for a US Citizen to serve in a foreign army !!! !
What a great doccie. My late Dad was a Lancaster pilot and with the surname Boome he soon acquired the nickname boomerang- because he always came back. How those young men were able to bomb Germany night after night, knowing how small their chances of escaping a horrible death were, escapes me. He claimed that they were the best years of his life, though it was only near the end that I heard him talk about his experiences.
I had two uncles that flew in there wellington! One as a pilot and the other as a navigator! Sadly the navigator died on his first bombing raid! the other uncle survived and used to come with us on our boating holiday and one day he was telling me what it was like doing torpedo runs in the med! Just as he was explaining how low he used to fly an RAF plane was flying as low as my uncle was expelling what he did and it had to pull up to miss us! That was surreal! May I just say thank you to your late dad for what he did for us all! We can never thank those brave souls back then! Thank you Sir and R.I.P My uncle I talked about died of cancer later in in life R.I.P Uncle Alf!
@@nigeldewallens1115 Thank you. You're right. The good life we live is all due to the actions of our fathers and grandfathers who fought in the war. I can't imagine how it was to strap yourself into the cockpit night after night knowing your chances of escaping a horrible death were so low.
@@bruceboome My surviving uncle did not tell me what that side was like but he did say you could see the crew running all over the place on a boat as you flew in low to drop your torpedoes! We are all very lucky frankly
Fascinating documentary, I visited the Eder dam and have also piloted a light aircraft over the dam. The skill of the pilots and the intelligence and determination of Barnes Wallis can't be overstated.
Thank you so much for this unique documentary ✈️ Such courage &!determination🛬
Let us not forget the many who lost their lives (not just the Dam Busters but all our military hero's past and present) ....so sad.
And the some 1000 civilians killed in the valley after the attack, of course.
@@stardustbros6768
....And the many thousands killed by blitz-style raids on major cities by both sides in WW2.
(The deliberate bombing of civilians was initiated in WW1 by the Germans.)
Both sides will argue forevermore that "the end justified the means".
@@patagualianmostly7437 just compare the 72,000 dead British civilians from ww1 and ww2 combinded, to the around 400,000 dead German civilians from ww2 alone.
I don't care who started it, thats a childish excuse to not recognise all the civilian deaths caused by these tactics.
I really appreciate the work that brought this excellent documentary to us . I expect many , if not most of us , know of the film but not necessarily the actual facts of the preparations and of the heroism . My father , a NewZealander , fought Rommel in the Second World War , and I am particularly interested in these sort of documentaries ,not wanting the knowledge of what was given by so many to be lost .
Linda, thank you for your kind comment. We bet you are very, very proud of your father?
"After early disappointments, they made a breakthrough." Was that pun intended? If so, that's the best dam line in the documentary.
I Saw A Movie When I Was Younger About This It Always Fascinated Me About This Operation & To See This Documentary Is An Awesome Experience Thank U For Uploading
Good Comment But Why The Capitals For Every Word??? Lol
The bomb release mechanism was made at Roses ,Gainsborough about 14 miles from Scampton
I have watched several versions of this story and yours is by far the best put together and presented of them all thank you folks for a fantastic program
Thank you for the kind words Russell, appreciated.
Really enjoyed this well made and narrated documentary of the skill and bravery of everyone involved.
I read two books on this. One is called Ensmt Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson himself. This is about orgsnusing 617 Squadron up to the raid on the Mihne and Eder Dams. The other book is called The Dam Busters by Psul Brickhill. It is an ac out of 617 Suadron during the War. Both are very good accounts of the exploits of the Sqadron.
Lest we Forget ..... Per Ardua Ad Astra
a great story, 24 years later while serving in BAOR we used the dam lake as practice floating our vehicles across it. also, absailed up from below the sides of the lake. never got over both the shear size of the dam, and the size of the repairs. felt good to have witnessed it and where the historic raids happened. took many snaps of the place.
Awesome production, thank you all.
One of the best dambuster documentarys iv ever seen.. Simply fantastic
Excellent documentary and commentary. Many facts that I didn't know about.
Pity the entire film was ruined by the most ridiculous sounding music at far too loud a level, this made the entire production difficult to follow. I'd suggest that the individual responsible for the unwarranted noise should stick to Kiddy Pops cartoons, certainly not important and serious film such as this film presents.
I have seen many Dambuster documentaries, this is certainly among the best, exceedingly well done
I never knew about the Naval spinoff. However, flying a Mosquito at 60 feet within 1000 feet to drop a bomb and "skip bomb" the hull with a depth charge would have taken a massive set of guts. Gibson would have done it.
A remarkable account of the raid and all that went before. Most informative and brilliantly researched. Thank you
As an illustration of how incredible these young men were, the height of the bombing run (60ft/18.28m) is equivalent to the length of a cricket pitch; a London double-decker, or a shipping container. For our American cousins, that's the length of a bowling alley or the distance from home plate to the pitcher's mound in your game of baseball.
I remember seeing the movie as a kid and left an impression. I also built the model of the Lancaster bomber. Brave men who went on the mission.
Men like Guy Gibson amaze me as a Human. He went through that dam mission and lived receiving the highest honor, to be killed soon after anyway. He went through that such glorious heroic moment....to have his destiny be to not survive long after it.
Guy Gibson, who had formed and led the raid was awarded the Victoria Cross in the London Gazette of 28th May 1943 (just 12 days after the Raid). That says it all...
@@militaryaviationtvOne of the reasons he was awarded the VC was that after his own bombing run he used his own Lancaster to draw fire from the other Lancasters on their bombing runs.
I have been studying this for over 30 years and have never seen this footage before.
Thank you bermudarailway, you have now. 😁
I had the pleasure of meeting the great man Sir Barnes, he was very down to earth, not pompous at all. that was back in 1966. he spoke of his inventions and what his thoughts for the future he would like to see happen.......
I live near Möhnesee. When I moved here, a friend of mine at work told me the story of his grandparents, they lived along the river down stream from the dam. They told him of their basement flooding, but they survived as did most of their possessions. The dam was rebuilt quickly and still provides electricity today.
An excellent report, marred as many commentators have said, by obtrusive music.
I also missed any mention of the 1.000+ allied prisoners of war (mainly Russian) who were victims of the flooding.
We now live near Lossiemouth RAF base which was their base. It was from here they left to get the German warship Tirpiz (sorry for the spelling). Although the squadron is no longer here we watch them leave to keep ours skies safe. They now fly Typhoons which are awesome we also got to see them with Tornadoes.
I don’t think we will ever be able to say enough thank yous or express our gratitude. They work hard everyday either keeping our skies safe or training.
It’s a true privilege to be able to see them flying over our cottage.
Excellent program. I remember seeing the Dam Busters movie, way back in 1956 or 1957. Recently, I purchased a 1:32 scale model of a Lancaster. My project for 2021 is to build it ! I have also purchased Guy Gibsons' book " Enemy Coast Ahead "
It's worth at least one mortgage payment ! 🤣
My first cousin Harry was flight engineer of Ken Brown's AJ-F which flew in the third flight with no idea as to what their target was going to be. It would be a nice surprise! By the time they got to the Sorpe it was getting a bit too light for their liking. By the time they'd cleared the Dutch coast it was daylight. In all the raids he had been on he had never felt so vulnerable.
Balls. Of. Steel.
We all owe them all our greatest respect and gratitude.
The Dam Buster raids are legendary all the way over here in America, thanks to the movie that we all grew up watching over here, it's great to see these documentaries that get into the development of the system used and to learn about Wallace.
What's particularly interesting is the tests that were performed on the scale models and the ⅕th size dam.
Why? For murdering civilians and Russian POW s
@@jablot5054 Yep. That's the nature of war I'm afraid. Innocent people die.
Collateral damage is, I suggest, an unfortunate fact but it isn't the same as deliberately targeting innocent people like the Nazis did. The allies did not, as far as I'm aware, have groups of 'Sondercommando' to cleanse the land of undesirables after the invasion of Europe.
Somebody started a war. We had to finish it. What would the alternative have been?
Would you have preferred the Nazis to have won?
@@jablot5054 Many crew members carried that guilt with them for the rest of their lives. Gibson even mentions it in “Enemy Coast Ahead”, though it might have been censored out during the war. I don’t think it’s fair to call it murder.
I worked at BSC Sheffield, and one of the old lathes was one that turned the shells of the bombs.(I was told but not sure if it was true?)this was early 70,s and I know the motor on the machine was ancient .
Great memory David...
On the 40thanniversary celebrations at the petwood hotel, I was working there on 17th May , being able to meet them, before they left there was a photo session on the lawn, I have a copy, also I have a postcard with signatures on it , Johnny Johnson , willy tait, and many more, I have treasured this ever since.
Wonderful story Norma. Feel free to share any of your photos.
Photos of murderers how terribly British
Outstanding
I read this story in a Readers Digest Condensed books when I was just a 16 year old girl. It made quite an impact on my teenaged mind and I have remembered it all these years later.
Those birds at 15:30 had me rollin! lol I was yelling Mooove!!!
Looked like swans. Bet they got a fright!
A wonderful presentation of the facts behind this heroic venture and constitutes a very worthy tribute to all those concerned.
I'm pleased too that you've opted to ignore political sensitivities and referred to Gibson's dog by his given name "nigger". Gibson didn't seem to be the kind of man who would wilfully give offence by using the term in a derogatory fashion but rather as a statement to the colour of the black Labrador Retriever.
It was a disgrace that the RAF in July 2020 chose to remove the name off the dog's headstone at Scampton.
They may be able to erase certain FACTS from the history books but not from peoples memories.
@Aussie Pom
Yeh I know I live 'down-under'.
The slab over the dog’s grave wasn’t placed there until after the war. Ergo, it wasn’t an authentic artefact of the mission.
There's no non offensive version of the word. Heros have flaws. Dude named his black dog a racial epitaph used to deride black people. It's wrong, period.
Even today at 63 years old and 80 years later I still grieve for the young men who gave so much so that we wouldn't have to live under tyranny.
One of the great mysteries of WWII is why Bomber Command - having paid such a high price for the original raid - didn't follow up with conventional attacks on the dams, to disrupt and delay their repairs. Max Hastings' excellent book Chastise goes into great detail about this raid (including attacks on dams not mentioned here) -- and is well worth a read...
Yes, Max Hastings book is a great read...
The house of Lancaster is about to add a room
31:42 the funniest codewords, nearly fell of my seat...
different times.
Think they got that codeword from Guy Gibsons dog which was a black lab with the same name, named after a brand of paint apparently
@@SDeww Yep, nothing need to be said. Different times, different era. I just stiffened up the lip and moved on.
Still a fascinating and well presented documentary.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing, sticks and stones!
tfs2O3 I bet you’re correct about the liberals.
Its actually brilliantly simple. Against the dam itself basically made a shape charge without having to build a sophisticated weapon. The water acts as temporary pressure containment that caused the pressure against the structure to be momentarily much much higher. Its just long enough to shatter the structure. Its so simple its obvious... and thats usually the rule of thumb for most anything... the simplest solutions are the most practical and effective. Blessings all! 💪❤🙏💯
KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid!
History told as it was with no alteration to names. Well produced documentary, thank you for sharing.
I remember watching a terrible documentary years ago where a team of scientists tried to replicate the raid in Canada using a modified DC-4 and a release mechanism they designed themselves that didn't work very well and the bomb was spun up by an electric drill prior to take off. During the runs one of the pilots, who I seem to remember was Canadian, decided to fly at 40 feet instead of 60 feet and made the bizzare comment 'Let's show the Brits how it's done' despite many of the original aircrew coming from Canada. I immediately thought 'well if that's how its done its a bloody good job they weren't in charge of the actual mission!'
God bless you all..
I was totally disgusted by the BBC labeling the Dambusters raid as infamous, the Dambusters were heroes!
The last surviving dam buster crew (Johnston) passed away the other day, 101! A part of history now gone🙁
Yes, very sad! The last Dambuster has left a great, inspiring legacy...
I visited this dam in my youth, very high. I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near there when they dropped those bombs. Today it looks amazing one wouldn't have thought it got smashed to blazes.
Uncommon courage by these men. May the casualties Rest In Peace. Were this raid used in today’s political environment, it would be decried as racist. How far this world has sunk.
I read about this many, many years ago, but I do not remember reading how high the casualty rate was. It was practically a suicide mission and those men must have known that. They had guts like few others.
Yes, they were very brave airmen.
I honestly felt like i was part of the crew watching this. Excitement was amazing at its success.
Glad you enjoyed it @calebshuler1789 😁
Wonderful combination of historical film footage and animation. Well researched and presented. Well done!
This is the most comprehensive documentary of the Dambusters. My mind kept flipping back and forth between documentaries and the Dambusters movie itself. This documentary provides the most complete picture of the operation, yet still includes the small human social details that make up history. Please recommend this to other military history fans.
Great presentation, well documented, accurate and well told. To the memory of those brave and brilliant men and their deeds, Salute!
Warships before that time used the water surface to bounce their canon balls to extend the firing range.
Well done, Military Aviation TV, for an outstanding documentary. At last the information about what really went on. Thank you.
Little wonder that at first Barnes Wallis was ignored repeatedly.
The Lancasters had to be stripped of armor weight and some guns. Even the steel plating behind the pilot's seats was removed.
That left the crews and the planes very vulnerable.
The 9,250 pound bomb HAD to be precisely dropped at 60 feet, 450 yards from the dams, at 232 m.p.h.
It also had to spin backwards, inside the plane ( ! ), at 500 R.P.M.
This all had to be done at night, in the face of heavy fire.
All in all, the flying mission alone was at first considered to be much too dangerous, and impossible to achieve.
This was better than the movie
Thank you Randy...
@@militaryaviationtv don't forget they lost 25% of the attacking planes and maybe 2k germans and no one was seen or talked about buring them
The movie was Patrick McGoohan's first film, he was the guard that closed the door on the briefing
You Talk about Barns Wallace BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MAN THAT TOLD HIM ABOUT IT.............. TED WEIGHBY COME ON HISTORY TELL THE TRUTH
I viewed a similar documentary on this. It spent more time on the development and made the crews human. I’m impressed by the fact the follow up on deaths and know Dam Busters are yet active. Bravo 👍!
Outstanding historic recreation.
A great workup of what Barnes Wallis's ideas were on how to solve a problem that needed a solution.
this is the very best account of the raid I have seen or heard
I may have seen it in some other documentary that to make sure the bomb was spinning at the right speed they had to start it rolling an hour or more before they reached the dams and it was shacking the aircraft so imaging trying to keep at sixty feet above the water at night in an aircraft that was vibrating like crazy
Words just cannot do justice to the bravery of all the men in the war, incredibly brave and patriotic beyond imagination! I am forever in awe of the dedication and risk each and every one of them gave to their country and the world to rid us of evil humans on this planet. I have always had an affinity for the brave Souls in the dambusters raid and Guy Gibson was only 26 when he died RIP to them all !!!
Evil won World War II.
Gibson was an extreme racist and a major anti-Semite.
Excellent video of known historic fact, with commendable bravery , in these easily offended
times for not sanitising the code word / wing commander Gibson's dog
a friend of mine changed his dogs name after a camping trip. he set up camp after dark, and had to call his dog back several times. the next morning he found that he was camped between two black families ( he wasnt racist, just kind of a jackass) he made some apologies and had a great time with them, made new friends that weekend.
It speaks volumes as to how pathetic this generation of insufferable entitled leaches are that they'd be so pre-occupied with a dog's name, and ignorant of the heroicism these brave men displayed. I wonder how many of 617 are looking down thinking 'why did we bother'.
who cares about the dog, think about all the killed civilians..
@@caribstu It speaks volumes that you'd launch into your pathetic, self-righteous screed even though there are zero people complaining about the use of the word. You appear to be the only person preoccupied with a dog's name, and apparently ignorant of how hurtful racist slurs can be. I wonder how many of your ancestors are looking down at your insufferable, entitled self thinking "where did we go wrong?" All of them.
@@RolfAnderssonLMY Twat...... Loosing your dog is as bad as loosing a family member, Not a wife or a child for sure . But a worse loss than most of your family........Maybe you never had a dog to love?
that was a phenomenal film, thank you!
You're very welcome...
These Men Were True Heros , Freemen Throughout the World Owe these Men a Debt of Gratitude , Brave and Sacrificed Their Lives , WOW , A Second Thought : I Know Times of War Dictate Scenirios and Conditions , Couldn't a Commando Team Over Take the Valve House /Dam Works that Contain the Discharge Valves , Destroy the Valve Gates , Spike or Jam the Values Open , the Force , Flow of Water Resulting in Not Being Able to Keep the Valves from Being Closed , No Way they Could Stop the Draining of the Dam then , : Just a Thought. . .
I’m proud to say Dambuster Ken Brown DFC was a member of my family.
Awesome! You must be so proud...
Great film, not moaning, but would have been better without the background music.
Thank you Ted.
I agree, great film but the music was overpowering, too close to the volume of the narrator.
Great documentary. Sure get tired of picky moaning, get over it, I didn't even notice it until reading this comment.
@Junior Mudd I've seen so many people start their comment with "I wish no offense" then they go right ahead with the offensive comment. Like that justifies it. No, it doesn't. I agree, Ted, quit moaning!
I didn't notice music till you mentioned . The mix seemed ok to me I could the narrator quite clearly .
I met one of the New Zealand pilots about 6 years ago, it was a great honor. Sadly he has since passed away.
What a group of brave, selfless young men
Yes, yes they were Bayan.
Unfortunately, Guy Gibson and his navigator Bernard McCormack were later killed, when the Mosquito they were in was shot down by friendly fire from a Lancaster bomber over the Netherlands, on their way back to Britain.
The author. Max Hastings is an excellent teller of military exploits. He wrote the book titled "Chastise" about the people and events relevant to the raids.
Awesome !!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow, what incredible capabilities and performance. Thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome.
Well done. Good footage, lots of new info.
An excellent documentary, better than the B & W feature film! Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Only in Britain can you get an effective weapon from a guy playing with his kids' marbles.
That is just not true. Many people from other countries have had ingenious ideas using humble tools.
probably got them from them the u.s. along with everything else.
Brilliant doco on the dambusters raid
You can’t spell “documentary,” huh?? Tough life.
@voraciousreader3341 no I'm a bloody awful speller
15:35-Geese-"WTF!!"
An excellent review of a historic moment. Thank you for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it Terrance...
I wonder how many civilians lived downstream.
Quite a lot going by various reports, sadly...
HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME I REALIZE HOW COMPLICATED THIS WAS. ALSO FANTASTIC HOW THE INVENTOR NEVER GAVE UP BY TRYING WHAT SEEMED LIKE MILLIONS OF DIFFERENT WAYS!
Incredible..and barns wallace perfected swing wing aircraft drones !!!!!!
Yes, the guy was a genius!
I remembered standing on the Mohne dam as 617 Sqn Overflew the dam, this time to join RAF(G) - RAF Germany in the early ‘80s.
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I lived in Soest for a while. Being a fly fishing maniac, I had a permit to fish the river Moehne
I kept the permit for about a year, I didn't renew
it the reason being when fishing , I couldn't get the sodding dambuster
Theme ( music ) out of my head,tends to drive one over the cuckoo's nest ( maybe it worked) Even the sodding children's roundabout ride at the Soest
Annual fair was playing it.😂😂
Competent handling of the subject, excellent
Sad end to a great man and crew
Absolutely a first-class video! Thank you.
You are very welcome.
Just imagine if all countries had leaders that actually wanted to serve their people and not themselves? Better yet if all countries actually worked together for the betterment of all.