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Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II Cover Image Book Book

Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II / Max Hastings.

Hastings, Max, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062953636
  • ISBN: 006295363X
  • Physical Description: xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title-page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index.
Summary, etc.:
Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the M©œhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneveuver that has become military legend.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617 > History.
Operation Chastise, 1943.
Dams > Germany > Ruhr (Region) > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Germany > Ruhr (Region)
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British.
Ruhr (Germany : Region) > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Regional Library.

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La Conner Regional Library 940.54 HASTINGS 109040 NON FICTION Available -

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