The Dambusters

The Dambusters

2020 1 Seasons
Documentary War & Politics

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.

Seasons

1. A Daring Plan

2020-12-01

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 attit…

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2. Race Against Time

2020-12-02

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 pr…

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3. Attack! Attack!

2020-12-03

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 fl…

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Dan Snow
Dan Snow

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