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May 8, 2025

Dambusters – Was It Worth It?

HardThrasher
Published 5 May 2025

The third and final part in a series on the Dambusters Raid; looking at the attacks themselves and their aftermath

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References for the economics and damage stuff at the end

P.252-259, Hastings, Chastise (2019); p.429-461, Holland, Dambusters (2012); p.597-652, Tooze, Wages of Destruction (2006); Chpt 10, Section 1-15, Chpt 15, Sec 3-12, Air Battle of the Ruhr, Cooper (1992); p182-184, 255-257 & 306-309, Speer “Hitler’s Architect”, Kitchen (2015); p.178-193, Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare, Davis-Biddle (2002); Chpt. VII, The Bomber Offensive, Harris (1947); p.203 and on, Official History of the Bomber Offensive, Various, AIR41/57 republished 2020 … after that I really can’t be arsed to list them …

Bibliography
As above
James Holland – Dambusters (2012)
Max Hastings – Chastise (2019)
Guy Gibson – Enemy Coast Ahead (1945)
Barnes Wallis – A Note On A Means Of Attacking The Axis Powers (1941)
Adam Tooze – Wages of Destruction (2006)
Paul Brickhill – Dambusters (1952)

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