
This 2001 documentary gives the facts and many details about one of the most innovative and daring efforts in World War II. Operation Chastise was an RAF mission organized from scratch in less than two months. Better known as the Dambusters Raid, it involved several firsts. A new bomb had to be invented. Aircraft had to be greatly modified. A new method of bombing had to be tried. Special flying methods were needed to deliver the bombs. The planes had to fly below 200 feet to... (Full plot summary below)
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This 2001 documentary gives the facts and many details about one of the most innovative and daring efforts in World War II. Operation Chastise was an RAF mission organized from scratch in less than two months. Better known as the Dambusters Raid, it involved several firsts. A new bomb had to be invented. Aircraft had to be greatly modified. A new method of bombing had to be tried. Special flying methods were needed to deliver the bombs. The planes had to fly below 200 feet to avoid radar and fighter attack. Then, they had to drop their bombs just 60 feet above the water at a precise distance from the dams. And flight crews needed to be trained in all of this and ready in seven weeks. It would be the first time in history that an air force used low-level nighttime precision bombing.
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| User ReviewPhilip Meven if only watched for the soundtrack of lancaster bombers, always a winner. |
| User ReviewPrivate UThe original film was great (and accurate!), lots of classic British stiff upper lips, Wizard chaps!!! |
| User Reviewgraham wno.1 for old fogies!!!!!!!!!!! also quite interesting |
| User ReviewPatricia PDocumentary, NOT the film. Not brilliant but its OK |
| User ReviewCozmik Scriv SBloody good show! Lancasters are fit. Visually groovy for its time, depicts the silly waste of a lot of young bomber boys, by top brass donuts, to destroy some damn dams which had little effect on winning the war, except to provide bold proaganda headlines for the stuffy Brits. |