xix, 437 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Note
Originally published: Great Britain : Bantam Press, 2012, with the subtitle The race to smash the dams, 1943.
Bibliography
Includes filmography (p. 420), bibliographical references (p. [415]-420) and index.
Summary
An account of the daring May 1943 mission to destroy three heavily defended German dams documents the ten-week race to create the necessary weapons and orchestrate a bombing raid that nearly cost the lives of its pilots.
