Dam Busters

Dam Busters: The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943 – by James Holland

This is a very thorough history of the development of the bombs used to destroy the German dams. The bombs would be dropped at a low level, 100 feet, onto the reservoirs that were made by the dams, and were designed to 'bounce' on the water and then explode the dam. Torpedo nets were in place in these reservoirs so those could not be used. This turned out to be a very successful program that destroyed inmportant dams in the Ruhr industrial region, interupting weapons production and transportation. This book is a bit to thorough and I skipped over parts that seemed tedious. While this new bombing method was successful, this was the only time they were used.