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With the defences blinded
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Lancaster

With the defences blinded the bombers were targetingnot just the shipyards but the...

With the defences blinded the bombers were targeting
not just the shipyards but the workers' housing too

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With the defences blinded
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the bombers were targeting not just the shipyards
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but the workers' housing too.
Duration
10 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:28
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
We went to Hamburg to bomb that place. - Lancaster 00:06
We went to Hamburg to bomb that place.
After the first night, place was still burning. - Lancaster 00:07
After the first night, place was still burning.
On the second night - Lancaster 00:13
On the second night
The second night, I remember asking my navigator - Lancaster 00:09
The second night, I remember asking my navigator
He didn't like to see towns burning, and yet that's what our task was. - Lancaster 00:07
He didn't like to see towns burning, and yet that'...
The whole city on fire, and it's quite an alarming sight. - Lancaster 00:07
The whole city on fire, and it's quite an alarming sigh...
And the bomb aimer has the best view of them all as you can imagine - Lancaster 00:08
And the bomb aimer has the best view of them all as you can ...
The firestorm was started on the submarine pens - Lancaster 00:12
The firestorm was started on the submarine pens
I was sorry that we had to do so much damage to it. - Lancaster 00:05
I was sorry that we had to do so much damage to it.
Bombers of the Eighth United States Air Force - Lancaster 00:11
Bombers of the Eighth United States Air Force
America had come into the conflict in December 1941 - Lancaster 00:09
America had come into the conflict in December 1941
The daylight raid on Hamburg - Lancaster 00:07
The daylight raid on Hamburg
In broad daylight, mighty squadrons roar across the North Sea. - Lancaster 00:06
In broad daylight, mighty squadrons roar across the North Se...
Over Hamburg, tons of bombs rain from the skies... - Lancaster 00:05
Over Hamburg, tons of bombs rain from the skies...
The allied raids shattered the city and rocked the Nazi leadership. - Lancaster 00:07
The allied raids shattered the city and rocked the Nazi lead...
40,000 people were killed and 1.2 million flied for the countryside. - Lancaster 00:08
40,000 people were killed and 1.2 million flied for the coun...
The Germans were absolutely shattered - Lancaster 00:10
The Germans were absolutely shattered
The hard facts are we had a job to do and we had to get on with it. - Lancaster 00:06
The hard facts are we had a job to do and we had to get on w...
There were no ifs and buts that er, "well, perhaps we shouldn't do this - Lancaster 00:16
There were no ifs and buts that er, "well, perhaps we s...
It was taking the war to Germany by the only means possible at that time - Lancaster 00:17
It was taking the war to Germany by the only means possible ...