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Who were the Dam Busters?

Who were the Dam Busters?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 3 Monaten

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Imagine trying to skip a 9,000-pound rock across a lake! It sounds
completely impossible, but in 1943 during World War 2, a brilliant
British engineer named Barnes Wallis figured out how to do exactly
that. The Allies needed to stop enemy factories from making
weapons, but the factories were powered by massive, unbreakable
dams. Normal bombs couldn't scratch them, and heavy underwater nets
stopped torpedoes. So, what was the solution? A top-secret giant
bomb that literally bounced right over the water! Join Mira and
Finn as they dive into the unbelievable true story of the Dam
Busters! You will meet the brave pilots of 617 Squadron, led by
24-year-old Guy Gibson. To pull off this super dangerous mission,
nineteen giant Lancaster bombers had to fly in the pitch black of
night, dodging trees and power lines. They had to fly just sixty
feet above the dark water at exactly 232 miles per hour to drop
their spinning bombs perfectly! Did the wild bouncing bomb
invention actually work? Tune in to discover one of the most daring
and clever aviation missions in all of history!