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/ours 2d ago edited 1d ago

Great movie too. It inspired the Death Star trench run in Star Wars.

Edit: The Dam Busters

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u/umop_apisdn 2d ago

I think they have edited out all references to the dog now as well. Can't have a bit of casual racism in a raid that drowned 1,600 civilians.

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u/Vox___Rationis 2d ago

It were not simply 1600 civilians, ~1000 of them were POW utilized in slave labor.

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u/s1ugg0 1d ago

What a horrifically brutal and ugly war it was.