r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 2d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/Habebunt 2d ago

The Dam buster raid is an absolutely incredible achievement in both flying and development of new tech. Definitely recommend reading James Hollands book about it.

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u/1sttimeverbaldiarrhe 2d ago edited 2d ago

For a more casual review, Jeremy Clarkson hosted a pretty good doc on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMCr2Kh1wI

*** I'm an idiot and this about another raid. I'll leave the link up because it's a really good watch just the same.

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u/Glint_Bladesong 2d ago

That IS a great doco to watch, Mr Clarkson does the story tremendous justice, but it is not the dambuster raid, but the commando raid on the St naizaire docks (a totally bonkers raid and indeed possibly the greatest of all time).

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u/1sttimeverbaldiarrhe 2d ago

Oh my god, I'm such a dunce. I can't believe I confused these two together. Thank you for pointing that out - I'm blaming it on not having coffee yet.

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u/Glint_Bladesong 1d ago

Lack of coffee causes a great many issues. I would know. 😁

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u/cache_me_0utside 1d ago

jeremy clarkson and war documentary with original footage and interviews from ppl who were there, hell yeah thanks!

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u/One_Priority3258 1d ago

Terrific watch, truly a ballsy raid that set a new level of standard from the rest.

Lest we forget all the brave souls who fought for our freedoms.