{"id":74159,"date":"2022-06-08T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=74159"},"modified":"2023-08-24T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T01:30:25","slug":"the-story-behind-the-dambuster-raid-ww2-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/06\/08\/the-story-behind-the-dambuster-raid-ww2-special\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the Dambuster Raid &#8211; WW2 Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3pQNjGcrgA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 7 Jun 2022<\/p>\n<p>The thousand-bomber offensive was about to begin as Air-Marshall Harris was assembling his forces. Yet one man was to challenge his strategy. The aircraft designer Barnes Wallis thought: &#8220;What if there was a way to destroy Germany&#8217;s industrial might not by simply dropping thousands of bombs over its cities, but by a precision strike against its dams?&#8221; For this, a new kind of bouncing bomb was to be delivered.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Get Collectibles here: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><br \/>\nJoin us on Reddit &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WorldWarTwoChannel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WorldWarTwoChannel\/<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Ian Sowden<br \/>\nWritten by: Indy Neidell and Markus Linke<br \/>\nResearch by: Markus Linke<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Sietse Kenter<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nArtwork and color grading by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by:<br \/>\nMiko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nNorman Stewart &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nIWM: HU 92132, TR 197, MTE 3441, S15 12, CH 5980, C 3455, C 3717, HU 92134, CH 9718, MTE 3437, GOV 15, CH 9681, TR_001092<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8220;Progressive Progress&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8220;Easy Target&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8220;The Inspector 4&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornl\u00f6f<br \/>\n&#8220;Sailing for Gold&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8220;Last Point of Safe Return&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Weapon of Choice&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Let Go of Fear&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-08-at-14-23-53-The-Story-Behind-the-Dambuster-Raid-\u2013-WW2-Special-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-08-at-14-23-53-The-Story-Behind-the-Dambuster-Raid-\u2013-WW2-Special-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-08-at-14-23-53-The-Story-Behind-the-Dambuster-Raid-\u2013-WW2-Special-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-08-at-14-23-53-The-Story-Behind-the-Dambuster-Raid-\u2013-WW2-Special-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-08-at-14-23-53-The-Story-Behind-the-Dambuster-Raid-\u2013-WW2-Special-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-08-at-14-23-53-The-Story-Behind-the-Dambuster-Raid-\u2013-WW2-Special-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 7 Jun 2022 The thousand-bomber offensive was about to begin as Air-Marshall Harris was assembling his forces. 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