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The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis.
The Dam Busters: Directed by Michael Anderson. With Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney. Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
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- Drama, History, War
- Michael Anderson
- 1955-07-16
Mar 19, 2018 · Book your tickets now: https://www.thedambusters75.co.uk THE DAM BUSTERS is newly restored in 4K to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the famous WWII raid. Don't miss a special Royal Albert...
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Nov 27, 2020 · Watch the classic British war film about the RAF's daring raid on the German dams in 1943. Based on true events and books, the film features Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave and the bouncing bomb.
Learn about the audacious bombing mission to destroy three German dams in the Ruhr valley, codenamed Operation 'Chastise'. See photographs, objects and stories of the raid, the 'bouncing bomb' and the 617 Squadron.
The Dam Busters, British World War II film, released in 1955, that chronicles the preparations for and the execution of Operation Chastise (May 16–17, 1943), in which a British air squadron used bouncing bombs to destroy hydroelectric dams that were vital to Germany’s production of war matériel.
