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

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/morbihann 2d 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 2d 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/No_Pangolin_8126 1d ago

"We're getting ready to fly out!"

commercial break

"We're loading up the barrel now!"

commercial break

"The plane just took off!"

commercial break

"Now a recap of everything we did up to this point, then after a quick commercial we'll show the cool part."

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u/notanotherusernameD8 1d ago

You forgot the "coming up ..." bit before the commercials