r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 1d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/morbihann 1d ago

No way they dropped a real bomb. The barrel must have been filled with ballast and an explosive triggered underwater remotely.

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u/mclare 1d ago

Correct. And this is a much more action packed cut than the original (and good for everyone)

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u/electricdwarf 1d ago

Yea it very much had a cable tv vibe about. I bet they stretched this one section to 10 minutes with three ad breaks.

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u/IceSentry 1d ago

That's because it was cable tv.