Address for the Möhne Dam?

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mgdavid wrote: »

you could follow the signs from there; as it's 120 ft high and half a mile long you'll hardly miss it.

Not following signs, is what I bought a Satnav for.

System

mgdavid wrote: »

you could follow the signs from there; as it's 120 ft high and half a mile long you'll hardly miss it.

3 of the 6 Dambusters did

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They did have mitigating circumstances though

martindow

It may be best to be aware that what is considered here as a British triumph is seen very differently in Germany. The water released by breaching the dam drowned over a thousand people downstream. Apparently the damage to the dam was quickly repaired and had little long term effect on industry which was the reason for mounting the raid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6hne_Reservoir

System

Apparently the damage to the dam was quickly repaired and had little long term effect on industry

Good old hindsight. At the time they believed that it would have a serious effect on the war manufacturing capability

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martindow wrote: »

The water released by breaching the dam drowned over a thousand people downstream.

That, sadly, is the nature of war.

~ 32,000 civilians died in the Blitz.

Apparently the damage to the dam was quickly repaired and had little long term effect on industry which was the reason for mounting the raid.

It was also a propaganda/moral boosting exercise.