A dramatic retelling of one of the most daring, extraordinary and outrageous raids of WWII from the popular author of }Fortress Malta{, }Italy's Sorrow{ and his fictional Second World War series featuring Sergeant Jack Tanner. 'Though it is such a well-known story, it has never been told in such depth before' }Daily Mail The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine.
