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Operation Chastise: The Genius Behind Britain's Bouncing Bomb | War Factories (2022x53)

: 17, 2022

The Avro Lancaster bomber is one of the most iconic planes in British history. It was the plane chosen to carry out Operation Chastise - also known as the Dambusters Raid. Britain wanted to destroy German dams, but they were protected from torpedos and too narrow a target to bomb from the above. However, Barnes Wallis realized that if a bomb could bounce along the surface of the water, the dams could be destroyed.