Series
The Dambusters
DocumentaryWar & Politics
Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb.
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Seasons & episodes
1A Daring Plan1 Dec 2020 · 45m24-year-old wing commander Guy Gibson has less than eight weeks to recruit and train 147 aircrew for a top-secret mission that will require them to learn to fly at super low attitudes at night towards targets on water.- 2Race Against Time2 Dec 2020 · 45mWallis tries to get his revolutionary bomb to work, which will require the invention of a new aiming device. Dan Snow takes to the skies to test it, but accuracy isn't the only problem.
- 3Attack! Attack!3 Dec 2020 · 45mThe raid on Germany's dams gets off to a rocky start as the crews struggle to clear the airfield in their planes loaded with four tonne bouncing bombs. Of the 133 young men who flew on the raid, only 80 survive.
Details
- First aired
- 1 Dec 2020
- Last aired
- 3 Dec 2020
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- 5
- Episodes
- 3
Cast
Dan Snow
