The Dambusters
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.
Cast
Dan Snow
Seasons
E1A Daring Plan
Dec 1, 2020
24-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.
E2Race Against Time
Dec 2, 2020
Wallis 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.
E3Attack! Attack!
Dec 3, 2020
The 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.
Storyline
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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