Young’s crew was successful in hitting the Mohne dam, ultimately resulting in its breach, but they were tragically shot down over the Dutch coast, just a 20 minute flight from home. Pep ...

The other dams at Mohne and Eder were to be attacked with ... aimer Johnny Johnson dropped their bomb from a height of just 30ft. It hit the centre of the dam, exploded, sent a plume of water ...

China's announcement of constructing the world's largest dam was like a 'water bomb' which would have a devastating downstream impact on northeastern India and Bangladesh, BJP Lok Sabha member ...

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There were 19 bombers involved in Operation Chastise, with the Mohne, Edersee and Sorpe dams their targets. There were problems almost immediately – one plane flew too low and actually skimmed the sea ...

In the Ruhr Valley they found German anti-aircraft defenses greatly strengthened since the bombing of the Mohne and Eder dams (TIME, May 31). They brought back reports of ack-ack guns apparently ...

the raid targeted three dams in the industrialised Ruhr region of Germany using the "bouncing bomb" invented by Barnes Wallis. They successfully breached the Mohne and Eder dams, and the Sorpe was ...

During World War II, British forces breached Germany’s Mohne and Edersee dams on tributaries of the Rhine in a bombing operation, which also damaged the Sorpe Dam. As a result, the Geneva Convention ...

The June 6 bombing of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam, almost certainly an act of Russian aggression, is going to affect your life more than you think. The consequences for agricultural and ...

where the renowned 617 squadron was originally formed under great secrecy ahead of the daring ‘bouncing bomb’ attack on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany. The aim of the vital ...

the raid targeted three dams in the industrialised Ruhr region of Germany using the “bouncing bomb” invented by Barnes Wallis. They successfully breached the Mohne and Eder dams while the ...