The Day German High Command Learned the Möhne Dam Had Been Destroyed
On the night of the 16th of May, 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. Their target was the largest dam in Europe. Their weapon was a device that had been tested at full scale for the first time only three days earlier. By dawn, two of the Ruhr's great dams were gone — and Albert Speer, Hitler's armaments minister, was flying over the flooded valley trying to calculate what had just happened to Germany's industrial capacity. This is the story behind the Dambusters raid told from the other side of the wall: what German high command received that morning, what Speer saw from the air, what was really lost and what was not, and why the workers diverted from the Atlantic Wall in May 1943 mattered more than the production figures ever suggested. Covering Operation Chastise in full — Barnes Wallis and the development of the Upkeep bouncing bomb, Wing Commander Guy Gibson and 617 Squadron, the breaching of the Möhne and Eder dams on 16–17 May 1943, and Speer's post-war testimony on what it nearly achieved. If you find this kind of detailed WW2 history valuable, subscribing helps us keep making it. What aspect of Operation Chastise surprised you most? Let us know in the comments. #Dambusters #OperationChastise #WW2 #617Squadron #GuyGibson #BarnesWallis #BouncingBomb #MöhneDam #RAF #BomberCommand #BritishHistory #WorldWarTwo #RuhrValley #AlbertSpeer #WW2History
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