Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany
Ted Barris
The MacKenna brothers were vilified by the Cdn. Legion for their documentaries on Bomber Harris. This raid killed thousands of German civilians. History is written by the winners. Atrocities are committed only by the enemy.
And as usual the story begins with the machinations of politicians and military brass while Barnes Wallis laboured to solve the physics that would make the bombs work.
One by one we are introduced to the Canadians who will make up the special crew, yet unnamed and mission unknown.
Could have wished the captions in the picture supplement were attached to the actual photographs instead of lumped separately. The photographs make vividly plain the youth of the boys who flew--most cenotaphs show old men. The final chapters deal with legacy and commercialization. This book being one such example.
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