This is London. The Air Ministry has just issued the following communique. In the early...
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[morning after the raid]
This is London. The Air Ministry has just issued the following communique. In the early hours of this morning, a force of Lancasters of Bomber Command, led by Wing Commander G.P. Gibson DSO DFC, attacked with mines the dams of the Moehne and Sorpe reservoirs. These control two-thirds of the water storage capacity of the Rurh Basin. Reconaissance later established that the Moehne Dam had been breached over a length of 100 yards, and that the power station below had been swept away by the resulting floods. The Eder Dam, which controls the headwaters of the Weser and Fulda Valleys, and operates several power stations, was also attacked and reported as breached. Photographs show the river below the dam in full flood. The attacks were pressed home at extremely low level with great determination and coolness in the face of fierce resistance. Eight of the Lancasters are missing.
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'This is London
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'The Air Ministry have just issued the following communiqu
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'ln early hours of this morning a force of Lancasters of Bomber Command
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'led by Wing Commander G P Gibson D S O D F C
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'attacked with mines the dams of the M hne and Sorpe reservoirs
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'These controlled two thirds of the water storage capacity of the Ruhr basin
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'Reconnaissance later established that the M hne dam
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'had been breached over a length of 100 yards
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'and that the power station below had been swept away by the resulting floods
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'The Eder dam which controls the head waters of the Weser and Fulda valleys
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'and operates several power stations was also attacked and reported as breached
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'Photographs show the river below the dam in full flood
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'The attacks were pressed home from a very low level
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'with great determination and coolness in the face of fierce resistance
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'Eight of the Lancasters are missing '
Clip duration: 70 seconds
Views: 106
Timestamp in movie: 01h 59m 28s
Uploaded: 19 November, 2022
Genres: drama, history, war
Summary: The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
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