Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II
by Hastings, Max (Author)
Summary
Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneuver t... Full description
Summary: |
Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneuver that has become military legend. |
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Item Description: |
"Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers." -- Title page verso. |
Physical Description: |
xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-350) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780062953636 006295363X |
Author Notes: |
In addition to presenting BBC historical documentaries and writing numerous books of military history, Hastings has contributed to publications including the Daily Mail, The Guardian, and the New York Review of Books. He received the nonfiction Somerset Maugham Award for Bomber Command, as well as the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Prize for both Overlord and The Battle for the Falklands. His title Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013. The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945 was published in 2016 and is also on the New York Times Bestsellers List. Hastings was knighted in 2002, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and from 2002-2007 was President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. (Bowker Author Biography) |