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Bombing Nazi Dams: Bomb the Dam

A special modification created a backspin that allowed Wallis’ bomb to hug the wall of the dam as it sank and detonate near the base. Now it’s your turn to deliver a direct hit to the Nazi’s Mohne Dam.

Jul 25th, 2008 | 13 comments

Bombing Nazi Dams: George “Johnny” Johnson

George “Johnny” Johnson flew forty missions under McCarthy as a bomb aimer and flew on the mission to destroy the Nazi hydroelectric dams.

Jul 25th, 2008 | 5 comments

Bombing Nazi Dams: Barnes Wallis’ Bomb

While working to aid Britain’s military efforts Wallis toyed with a problem the British military had largely considered unsolvable — how to destroy the Nazis’ most important hydroelectric dams.

Jul 25th, 2008 | 1 comment

Bombing Nazi Dams: The Mission of the Royal Airforce

Royal Air Force was on a mission to destroy several of the Nazi’s major hydroelectric dams with a strange new weapon — a bouncing bomb that would skip across the water.

Jul 25th, 2008 | Comments Off

Bombing Nazi Dams: Watch the Full Episode

In the spring of 1943, Allied forces to begin preparations for a top secret Allied raid. Each aircraft carried a top-secret weapon — a newly-invented bouncing bomb — designed to shatter Germany’s major dams.

Jul 24th, 2008 | 21 comments

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