Dambusters With Dan Snow

Dambusters with Dan Snow is a British history documentary presented by renowned British popular historian and TV presenter Dan Snow (Tutanhkamun With Dan Snow, 1066: A Year to Conquer England) for original broadcasting on SBS. In this fascinating documentary of three parts, he is taking viewers back to the Second World War, to the special 133-men strong Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron who had to execute Operation Chastise, a daring attack on Nazi dam structures in May 1943 with the help of a revolutionary new bouncing bomb. This would mean a devastating blow to the German war effort and a new nickname for the No. 617 Squadron: the Dam Busters. Re-live this nail-biting countdown to one of World War II's riskiest and most daring bombing raids together with Snow and the his talented team.

Rating:4.0 of 5Total number of episodes:3
Last broadcast:30/10/2021 at 10:25

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October 2021

45:17

S1 Ep3

30/10/2021 3.5 12 x

617 squadron prepares to take off on one of the most difficult missions of the Second World War - to attack the dams of Germany. The crews of the 19 Lancaster bombers face immediate difficulties as their planes - loaded with the massive four tonne bouncing bombs - struggle to clear the airfield.

44:59

S1 Ep2

23/10/2021 4.3 60 x

We count down the critical final days to the raid itself that sees inventor Barnes Wallis struggle to get his revolutionary new bouncing bomb to work. Not only did the bombs have to be dropped from a precise height, they also needed to land a precise distance away in order to reach the target.

45:01

S1 Ep1

16/10/2021 4.0 30 x

Historian Dan Snow recounts the nail-biting countdown to the most daring and ingenious bombing raids in history. The story begins in Spring 1943 as squadron leader Guy Gibson assembles and trains a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb. ...

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