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Reel Histories - Dam Busters
Did the RAF鈥檚 finest hour shorten the Second World War? War historians continue to disagree. With Gerry Northam. From 2003.
The most famous bombing mission in history was an operational success.
But did the bouncing bomb do anything to shorten the duration of the Second World War?
Decades on from 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr dams, historians still disagree over the real effects of one of the RAF's finest hours.
Journalist Gerry Northam explores the history behind celluloid images of our past.
Producer: John Byrne
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in January 2003.
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